Southmayd Professor of Law

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The Charles F. Southmayd Professorship at the Yale Law School was established in 1913 by a gift in memory of Charles F. Southmayd, LL.D. 1884, from his sister, Emily F. Southmayd. [1] Scott J. Shapiro is the current Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School, [2] appointed in April 2012. [3] Akhil Reed Amar was formerly Southmayd Professor of Law, until 2008 when he was named a Sterling Professor of Law. [4] Earlier Southmayd law professors included Boris I. Bittker, named Southmayd Professor in 1958, then Sterling Professor of Law in 1970, [5] and Arthur Allen Leff. [6]

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  1. ↑ Yale Law School, Alumni and Endowment Funds.
  2. ↑ Scott J. Shapiro.
  3. ↑ Scott Shapiro ’90 Appointed Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law, YLS Today (Apr. 25, 2012).
  4. ↑ Amar Earns Sterling Rank, Yale Daily News (Nov. 7. 2008.
  5. ↑ YLS Mourns Death of Boris I. Bittker; Memorial Service Scheduled Dec. 11. YLS Today (Sept. 12, 2005).
  6. ↑ See Professor Mansbridge to Deliver the 2014-2015 Leff Lecture on Legitimate Coercion, Yale Daily News (Oct. 31, 2013.
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