My law school class was the 7th entering class, we began in the Fall of 1973.
ASU was a new school and the University had determined to provide quality professors from around the County. Some of the prominent professors from whom I learned the tools of my profession are described below.
Willard Pedrick was the first Dean. Professor Pedrick was my Torts professor. He came to ASU from Northwestern University. Before he became a professor, he had clerked for Fred Vinson, a U.S. Court of Appeals judge. Judge Vinson would go on to become the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court – that connection benefitted many of Dean Pedrick’s students. Professor Pedrick recommended a student, John Paul Stevens, for a clerkship with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Rutledge – Mr. Stevens would later become U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
Richard Effland taught probate law and was one of the founding faculty members. Professor Effland had been instrumental in re-drafting the Wisconsin probate code and then went on to be a key figure in the formulation of the Uniform Probate Code promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. He helped re-draft Arizona’s probate code.
Edward Cleary taught my evidence law class. He was authority on legal procedure who helped draft the Uniform Rules of Evidence used in Federal courts; he authored several casebooks and had been the general editor of ''McCormick on Evidence,'' a standard work used by judges and lawyers.
William Canby taught Constitutional law and is a recognized authority on Indian law. Professor Canby had been a Clerk for Associate Justice Charles Evans Whittaker on the United States Supreme Court. Professor Canby later became Judge Canby of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
ASU was a new school and the University had determined to provide quality professors from around the County. Some of the prominent professors from whom I learned the tools of my profession are described below.
Willard Pedrick was the first Dean. Professor Pedrick was my Torts professor. He came to ASU from Northwestern University. Before he became a professor, he had clerked for Fred Vinson, a U.S. Court of Appeals judge. Judge Vinson would go on to become the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court – that connection benefitted many of Dean Pedrick’s students. Professor Pedrick recommended a student, John Paul Stevens, for a clerkship with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Rutledge – Mr. Stevens would later become U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
Richard Effland taught probate law and was one of the founding faculty members. Professor Effland had been instrumental in re-drafting the Wisconsin probate code and then went on to be a key figure in the formulation of the Uniform Probate Code promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. He helped re-draft Arizona’s probate code.
Edward Cleary taught my evidence law class. He was authority on legal procedure who helped draft the Uniform Rules of Evidence used in Federal courts; he authored several casebooks and had been the general editor of ''McCormick on Evidence,'' a standard work used by judges and lawyers.
William Canby taught Constitutional law and is a recognized authority on Indian law. Professor Canby had been a Clerk for Associate Justice Charles Evans Whittaker on the United States Supreme Court. Professor Canby later became Judge Canby of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.