Richard Maxwell (academic)

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Richard C. Maxwell (October 7, 1919 - October 7, 2016) was Chadwick Professor Emeritus of Law at Duke University. A graduate of Duke and the University of Minnesota Law School, Maxwell was previously Connell Professor and Dean of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles. [1] A struggling institution at the time (1958-1969), he provided the leadership to make the UCLA School of Law a nationally prominent center for legal research and teaching. [2] Over his long career Maxwell has also taught law at Columbia University, the University of Minnesota, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Texas. [3] An expert on oil and gas law, he also served as president of the Association of American Law Schools. [4] [5]

Maxwell received the Clyde O. Martz award by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation in 1994. [6]

He resides in Durham, North Carolina.[ citation needed ]

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  1. ↑ Richard C. Maxwell
  2. ↑ Schwartz, Murray L. "Richard C. Maxwell Dean of the UCLA School of Law 1958-1969". UCLA Law Review. 28: 151.
  3. ↑ Emeriti Faculty
  4. ↑ Washburn Law Journal, vol. 33, no. (Summer 1994)
  5. ↑ "Richard Maxwell Harry R. Chadwick, Sr. Professor of Law and Director of Continuing Legal Education, 1980-1989, Harry R. Chadwick, Sr. Professor Emeritus of Law, 1989-2016". Duke Law. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  6. ↑ Mineral Law Foundation honors two Stanford law professors

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