Eleanor M. Fox

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Eleanor M. Fox is an academic who studies antitrust, economic development, globalization, International trade law, and the European Union. She is the Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation in the New York University School of Law. [1]

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Education and career

Fox graduated from Vassar College in 1956, and earned an LLB in 1961 from the New York University School of Law. [1]

Before returning to NYU Law, she worked in civil law for the US Attorney's office, [2] and became the first female partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in 1970 . In 1978–1979 she served on the National Commission for the Review of Antitrust Laws and Procedures, and from 1997 to 2000 she served on the International Competition Policy Advisory Committee of the US Department of Justice. [3]

Books

Fox is the author of books including:

She also wrote the novel W. L. Esquire (1977), a satire concerning a female lawyer in an all-male corporate environment. [2] [6]

Recognition

Fox was the inaugural Alumna of the Year of NYU's alumnae group Law Women in 2006. [2] She was given an honorary doctorate by Paris Dauphine University in 2009. In 2011 Global Competition Review gave Fox a lifetime achievement award for "substantial, lasting and transformational impact on competition policy and/or practice". [3] In 2017 the Association of American Law Schools gave Fox their Antitrust Lifetime Achievement Award. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Eleanor M. Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, NYU Law, retrieved 2019-11-11
  2. 1 2 3 "Another First for Fox: Law Women announces Alumna of the Year award", Alumni Almanac, NYU Law Magazine, 2006
  3. 1 2 "Eleanor Fox", Advisory board, American Antitrust Institute, retrieved 2019-11-11
  4. Reviews of Competition Policy and the Transformation of Central Europe:
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  5. Reviews of Making Markets Work for Africa:
  6. Review of W. L. Esquire:
    • Kadzielski, Mark A. (November 1978), American Bar Association Journal, 64 (11): 1725–1726, JSTOR   20745468 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  7. Eleanor Fox Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award, American Law Institute, November 20, 2017, retrieved 2019-11-11