Oct. 1, 2002
Lupu Named First F. Elwood and Eleanor Davis Professor
12 New Faculty Join Law School
GW Law School Professor Ira C. Lupu has been
named the Law School’s first F. Elwood and Eleanor Davis Professor,
a newly established professorship in honor of Law alumnus F. Elwood
Davis, an honorary member of the University’s Board of Trustees
and GW Presidential Medal recipient.
“Elwood has been a pillar of the legal community in Washington
for more than 50 years,” says Law School Dean Michael K. Young.
“His support of both the University and Law School is unparalleled
and we are deeply honored that he has chosen to endow a professorship
here at the Law School.”
Lupu is a nationally recognized scholar in constitutional law, with
a special focus on the religion clauses of the First Amendment. He is
currently co-director, with Professor Robert Tuttle, of the Project
on Law and Religious Institutions and of the Legal Tracking Project
of the Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare, which studies government
partnerships with faith-based organizations in the delivery of social
services.
The F. Elwood and Eleanor Davis Professorship was established through
an endowment from the Davis family. Davis earned his law degree at GW
in 1943. He served as general counsel to GW and has worked extensively
on the issue of home rule for the District.
New Law Faculty
GW Law School welcomes four new full-time and eight visiting faculty
members.
Suzanne H. Jackson, associate professor of clinical law. Jackson currently
serves as a commissioner on the advisory commission of the DC Superior
Court’s Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund. She will direct
the Health Law Rights Clinic.
Spencer A. Overton, associate professor of law. Overton comes to GW
after serving on the law faculty of the University of California, Davis,
and as the Charles Hamilton Houston Fellow at Harvard.
Susan E. Thrower, associate professor of legal research and writing,
associate director of the Legal Research and Writing Program. Thrower
spent seven years in private practice, during which she specialized
in secured lending and bankruptcy.
Christopher R. Yukins, associate professor of government contracts law.
Previously, Yukins served in the Northern Virginia office of Holland
and Knight where his practice focused on high technology companies that
serve the government.
Michael Birnhack, visiting professor of law. Birnhack is a member of
the University of Haifa Faculty of Law. He will teach a seminar on international
e-commerce.
Yoseph M. Edrey, visiting professor of law. Edrey is dean of the University
of Haifa Faculty of Law. He is teaching federal income tax this semester.
R. Randle Edwards, distinguished visiting professor of law. Edwards
is director of the Center for Chinese Legal Studies and a faculty member
in the East Asian Institute at Columbia University. He is teaching a
course in Chinese law.
Regina T. Jefferson, visiting professor of law. Jefferson is visiting
from Catholic University. She currently is teaching federal income
tax and will teach partnership taxation in the spring.
Kevin A. Kordana, visiting professor of law. Kordana is a member of
the law faculty at the University of Virginia. He is teaching contracts
and corporations this fall and will teach contracts in the spring.
Michael J. Matheson, visiting professor of law. Matheson served for
more than 28 years at the US Department of State. He is teaching
a public international law seminar on international criminal law and
conflict resolution this semester and will teach criminal law in the
spring.
David D. Meyer, visiting professor of law. Meyer is a member of the
law faculty at the University of Illinois. He is teaching family law
this
semester.
Geoffrey R. Watson, visiting professor of law. Watson is a member of
the law faculty at Catholic University. He is teaching contracts this
semester and will teach international law and contracts in the spring.
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