Brandeis University is a private research university in Waltham,Massachusetts. Founded in 1948 as a non-sectarian,coeducational institution sponsored by the Jewish community,Brandeis was established on the site of the former Middlesex University. The university is named after Louis Brandeis,the first Jewish Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Golden Gate University is a private university in San Francisco,California. Founded in 1901,GGU specializes in educating professionals through its schools of law,business,taxation,technology,accounting,psychology,and undergraduate studies. The university offers 8 undergraduate degrees and 17 graduate degree programs.
Baruch College is a public college in New York City. It is a constituent college of the City University of New York system. Named for financier and statesman Bernard M. Baruch,the college operates undergraduate and postgraduate programs through the Zicklin School of Business,the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences,and the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs.
The School of General Studies,Columbia University (GS) is a liberal arts college and one of the undergraduate colleges of Columbia University,situated on the university's main campus in Morningside Heights,New York City. GS is known primarily for its traditional B.A. program for non-traditional students. GS students make up almost 30% of the Columbia undergraduate population.
The Michigan State University College of Law is the law school of Michigan State University,a public research university in East Lansing,Michigan. Established in 1891 as the Detroit College of Law,it was the first law school in the Detroit,Michigan area and the second in the state of Michigan. In October 2018,the college began a process to fully integrate into Michigan State University,changing from a private to a public law school. The integration with Michigan State University was finalized on August 17,2020.
A Doctor of Juridical Science,or a Doctor of the Science of Law, is a research doctorate in law equivalent to the more commonly awarded Doctor of Philosophy degree.
Golden Gate University School of Law is the law school of Golden Gate University. Located in downtown San Francisco,California,Golden Gate Law is a California non-profit corporation and is fully accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA).
The University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law,commonly referred to as The University of Louisville School of Law,U of L Brandeis School of Law,or the Brandeis School of Law,is the law school of the University of Louisville. Established in 1846,it is the oldest law school in Kentucky and the fifth oldest in the country in continuous operation. The law school is named after Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis,who served on the Supreme Court of the United States and was the school's patron. Following the example of Brandeis,who eventually stopped accepting payment for "public interest" cases,Louis D. Brandeis School of Law was one of the first law schools in the nation to require students to complete public service before graduation.
James Joseph "Jim" Tomkovicz is an American educator and legal scholar. He was a professor of law at the University of Iowa College of Law from 1982 until 2021,when he retired from Iowa. While at Iowa he was awarded a chaired professorship,being named the Edward F. Howrey Professor of Law. After his four decades at Iowa,he was appointed Dean’s Professor at the Emory University School of Law for two years,an appointment which ended in 2023. Tomkovicz regularly taught Criminal Procedure,Criminal Law,and Evidence. He authored a number of scholarly works,almost all devoted to constitutional criminal procedure topics. During his career he also authored six amicus curiae briefs in the Supreme Court of the United States in cases raising criminal procedure issues. The cases included Knowles v. Iowa,Florida v. J.L.,Maryland v. Blake,Kyllo v. United States,United States v. Patane and Arizona v. Gant. Tomkovicz was on the winning side in 4 of the 5 cases decided by the Justices. One case (Blake) was dismissed by the Court after oral argument.
Andrew J. Sherman is a corporate and transactional lawyer and author. He is currently a senior partner at the Washington,DC office of the law firm Brown Rudnick. He is also an adjunct professor for the MBA programs at McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University as well as at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland,College Park. He has written 26 books,including Road Rules—Be the Truck,Not the Squirrel.
Louis Dembitz Brandeis was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1939.
Daisy Hurst Floyd is an American lawyer,law professor,and law school dean. She served as dean of the Walter F. George School of Law of Mercer University twice.
Michael John Callahan is an American lawyer and corporate executive.
Jere Wade Morehead is the 22nd and current President of the University of Georgia. He continues as the Josiah Meigs Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business,and was previously Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.
Allan Jack Katz is a former City Commissioner of Tallahassee and American Ambassador to Portugal. President Barack Obama nominated Allan to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Portuguese Republic in November 2009. Ambassador Allan Katz is a distinguished professor with the University of Missouri Kansas City Bloch School's Department of Public Affairs and the College of Arts and Science's Political Science Department. He is the founder of the American Public Square,an organization using civil discourse to bridge the partisan divide. In 2019,American Public Square announced a new partnership with William Jewell College,changing its name to American Public Square at Jewell,and Ambassador Katz was brought on as Distinguished Professor in Residence in William Jewell's Department of Political Science. Katz is a lawyer by profession who has been active in local and national government and politics for many years. He has been a member of the Democratic National Committee where he helped draft the party's platform for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Ambassador Katz holds a B.A. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a J.D. from the American University Washington College of Law in Washington D.C. He was raised in a Jewish family in St. Louis,the son of Fred and Eileen Katz. His father escaped Nazi Germany for the United States where he worked as a salesman;and was one of the original founders of the St. Louis Holocaust Museum. Katz graduated from University City High School.
Harold G. Wren,known as "Hal," was a lawyer,law professor,and dean of three American law schools. In addition,he was the author of multiple editions of the well reviewed legal guidebook,The Of Counsel Agreement.
Melanie B. Jacobs is an American legal scholar and administrator. She served as the interim dean of Michigan State University College of Law and was appointed 27th dean of the University of Louisville School of Law.
Susan Hanley Duncan is an American academic administrator and lawyer serving as dean of the University of Mississippi School of Law since August 2017. She was the interim dean of the University of Louisville School of Law from 2012 to 2017.
