Professor Curtis Randall Reitz | |
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Title | Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law |
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Institutions | University of Pennsylvania Law School |
Curtis Randall Reitz (born November 20,1929) [1] is the Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. [2]
Reitz was born in Reading,Pennsylvania. [2] His father was a jeweler,and his mother was a teacher. [2] He attended Reading High School. [2]
He received his A.B. in History from the University of Pennsylvania in 1952 (Phi Beta Kappa). He then spent two years in the armed forces during the Korean War. [2] Reitz then earned his LL.B. summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1956. [3] [4] [2] He served as the editor-in-chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review from 1955 to 1956. At Penn Law he was a student of A. Leo Levin,and a research assistant for Professor Louis B. Schwartz. [2] He then worked as a law clerk to United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren from 1956 to 1957. [4]
He is the Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. [3] He has taught at the law school since 1957. [3] The Penn Law Class of 1968 created the Class of 1968 Scholarship Fund Honoring Curtis R. Reitz,which provides financial support to LL.M. students at the school. [5]
Reitz has represented Pennsylvania for 25 years in the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws,and is chair of the Conference's Committee on International Legal Developments. [3] He also participated in the recent revision of the Uniform Commercial Code. His recent work has focused on international commercial law,including aspects of the World Trade Organization's operations.
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