Rebecca Latham Brown

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Rebecca Latham Brown is an American law professor who is The Rader Family Trustee Chair in Law specializing in Constitutional law at USC Gould School of Law.

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Brown was raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and received her B.A. from St. John's College (Annapolis, MD) in 1980. [1] She earned her J.D. in 1984, graduating magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was the articles editor of the Georgetown Law Journal . Following graduation, she served as a clerk for Judge Spottswood Robinson III of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and during the 1985-1986 Term for Thurgood Marshall of the Supreme Court of the United States. [2]

After her clerkships, Brown worked in the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice. She then entered private practice with Onek, Klein & Farr in Washington, D.C. From 1988 to 2008, she was a professor at Vanderbilt University Law School, where in 2003 she was named to the Allen Chair in Law. [3] [4]

In 2008, Brown joined the faculty of the USC Gould Law School as Newton Professor of Constitutional Law, and in 2014 was named The Rader Family Trustee Chair in Law. [1] [5]

Personal life

Brown is married to Robert K. Rasmussen, a professor of bankruptcy law who was dean of the USC Gould School of Law from 2007 to 2015. [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Silsby, Gilean (Fall–Winter 2008). "Professor Rebecca Brown, constitutional law scholar, joins USC faculty". USC Law Magazine: 26. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  2. Ward, Artemus; Weiden, David L. (2007). Sorcerers' Apprentices: 100 Years of Law Clerks at the United States Supreme Court. New York, NY: NYU Press. p. 193. ISBN   9780814794203 . Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  3. Owens, Ann Marie Deer (February 19, 2003). "Justice Byron White presides over moot court competition". Vanderbilt University Daily Register. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  4. Capps, Milt (May 4, 2007). "Trojans tap two Vanderbilt faculty for Law dean and scholar". Nashville Post. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  5. Greenwald, Morgan (September 17, 2012). "Panel explores interpretation of Constitution". Daily Trojan. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  6. Wolf, Amy (May 4, 2007). "Law school's Rasmussen to become dean of USC's Gould School of Law". Vanderbilt University Daily Register. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  7. "USC's next law school dean is announced". Los Angeles Times. May 3, 2007. Retrieved July 12, 2020.

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