Deans
Dean Eduardo Peñalver completed his undergraduate degree at Cornell University in this year.
When was 1994?
Celebrating her 10th reunion this year, she is the first openly LGBT person elected from Kansas and the first LGBT Native American elected to Congress.
Who is Sharice Davids - Class of 2010?
Cornell University and its beloved Law School are located at the southern end of this Finger Lake.
What is Cayuga Lake?
In 2018, the Law School launched its first clinic devoted to this kind of legal work.
What is transactional (or business) law?
This faculty member joined the Law School in 1954. Now an Emeritus Professor, he continues to come to his office at the Law School sporting his signature bow tie.
Who is Ernie Roberts, Edwin H. Woodruff Professor of Law, Emeritus?
This Dean served from 1973 – 1980, and during his term was appointed by President Gerald Ford to be the inaugural Chairman of the newly-created Legal Services Corporation.
Who is Roger Cramton?
Alumna Tsai Ing-wen, LL.M. Class of 1980, celebrating her 40th class reunion this year, was elected the first female president of this island, home to twenty-three million people.
What is Taiwan?
What beverage is the New York Finger Lakes region known for?
What is wine?
One of the Law School's newest clinic provides students with firsthand, cutting-edge experience in matters involving free speech and censorship.
What is The First Amendment Clinic?
After 38 years of teaching, this professor - also a CLS graduate celebrating his 60th reunion this year - retired from teaching in 2013.
Who is Faust Rossi, Samuel S. Leibowitz Professor of Trial Techniques, Emeritus - Class of 1960?
This Dean served from 1980 to 1988 and later cofounded Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute.
Who is Peter Martin?
The first African-American to graduate from Cornell Law School, this alumnus was born into slavery.
Who was George Washington Fields - Class of 1890?
Oft-repeated motto of Cornell Law School.
What is "Lawyers in the Best Sense"?
Cornell Law School's first clinic, it was offered to students in 1960.
What is The Legal Aid Clinic?
This faculty member successfully argued a death penalty case before the United States Supreme Court which released Curtis Flowers from 22 years of sitting on death row in Mississippi for a quadruple homicide he did not commit.
Who is Sheri Lynn Johnson, James and Mark Flanagan Professor of Law?
The only Dean who came to Cornell Law School from the great state of Utah and served from 1999-2003.
Who is Lee Teitelbaum?
The first woman to graduate from Cornell Law School.
Who was Mary Kennedy Brown - Class of 1893?
This Cornell Law School administrative dean originally joined the Law School as assistant dean and director of admissions in 1978. In 1984, she was promoted to associate dean for student affairs and in 1988 she became the Associate Dean and Dean of Students. Altogether she served CLS for 37 years before retiring in 2015.
Who is Anne Lukingbeal?
This Clinic professor was known for his llamas and alpacas.
Who is Bob Seibel?
Joining Cornell Law School in 1990, this faculty member is recognized for her groundbreaking work in Supreme Court history and practice. She currently teaches conflicts, federal courts, civil procedure, advanced civil procedure, and African Americans and the Supreme Court.
Who is Barbara Holden-Smith, Professor of Law?
The very first Dean of Cornell Law School when it opened its doors in 1887.
Who is Douglass Boardman?
This alumnus served as the 64th Governor of Maine, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of State. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Who was Edmund Muskie - Class of 1939?
The university that vied with Cornell for the NYC Tech Campus -- and lost.
What is Stanford?
This CLS graduate in the J.D. Class of 1974 directed the Legal Aid Clinic from 1978-1986.
Who is Barry Strom?
Cornell Law School's longest-serving active faculty member.
Who is Kevin Clermont, Robert D. Ziff Professor of Law?