Barbara Aronstein Black

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Barbara Aronstein Black
Born (1933-05-06) May 6, 1933 (age 91)
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Occupation(s)Law professor, academic

Barbara Aronstein Black (born May 6, 1933) [1] is an American legal scholar. She was the first woman to serve as dean of an Ivy League law school. [2] when she became Dean of Columbia Law School in 1986. [3] [4] Black is the George Wellwood Murray Professor of Legal History at Columbia. [5]

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Life and career

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Black received her B.A. from Brooklyn College in 1953, [6] her LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1955, and a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1975. [7] While at Law School, she was editor of the Columbia Law Review. [8]

Black was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1989 and a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1991. [1] [9] She was also for two years president of the American Society for Legal History. [7]

Black's work has been concentrated in the area of contracts and legal history. She is a recipient of the Elizabeth Blackwell Award [10] and of the Federal Bar Association Prize of Columbia Law School. [11]

Barbara Black is the widow of constitutional scholar and civil rights pioneer Charles Black, [5] with whom she had three children, two sons and a daughter. [12] [3] She left Academia for a time to focus on raising her children, and returned in 1965. [13]

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  2. Kleiman, Carol (March 9, 1987). "More women practice law, but barriers remain". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Biography · Barbara Aronstein Black · ABA Women Trailblazers Project". abawtp.law.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  4. "Winning due credit for life experience". Milwaukee Journal. January 6, 1986.
  5. 1 2 McFadde, Robert (May 8, 2001). "Charles L. Black Jr., 85, constitutional law expert who wrote on impeachment, dies". New York Times.
  6. Moss, Michael (6 June 1988). "Challenge rules, roles, new graduates told". Newsday. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.
  7. 1 2 "Faculty Profiles - Barbara Aronstein Black". Columbia Law School. Archived from the original on 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
  8. "Barbara A. Black". www.law.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  9. "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  10. "The Blackwell Award". Hobart and William Smith College.
  11. "HWS: Barbara Aronstein Black". Hobart and William Smith College.
  12. "Some memories of Charles L. Black, Jr". Yale Law Journal. June 1, 2002.
  13. "Woman in the News: Barbara Aronstein Black; Incoming Law School Dean with 2 Careers". The New York Times. 1986-01-02. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-05-15.
Academic offices
Preceded by Dean of Columbia Law School
1986–1991
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