Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law - Res Nova Yearbook (New York, NY)

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RICHARD H. WEISBERG Professor of Law. B.A., 1965, Brandeis Universityg J.D., 1974, Co- lumbia University, Ph.D., 1970 Cornell University. Professor Weisberg, formerly on the graduate faculty of the Univer- sity of Chicago in French and comparative literature C1971-751, has continued his work in literary theory since joining the Cardozo facul- ty in 1977. He is the author of The Failure ofthe Word tYale, 19841, and of articles in the field of law and literature. An editor of the Columbia Law Review, he has been associated with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen 8: Hamilton, New York City. Professor Weisberg was a fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities 11972-735. He is an adviser on law-related education to the New York State Education Department, and a consultant on legal writing skills. Since 1979, Professor Weisberg has been president of the Law and Humanities Institute, in 1983 he became chair of the Law and Humanities Section of the American Association of Law Schools. ELLIOTT J. EISS Professor of Law. B.A., 1961, Dartmouth College, LL.B., 1964, Yale University. Professor Weiss was note and comment editor of the Yale Law Journal and a member of the Order of the Coif. He was law clerk to Judge Walter Pope of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and an associate with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton 8a Garrison, New York City, until becoming attorney-adviser, Agency for International Development. From 1968 to 1970 he served as regional legal adviser, U.S. AidfPakistan, and from 1970 to 1972 as its assistant directorfpolicy implemen- tation. After a brief tour of duty as acting director, Policy Planning Division, EPA, he became executive director of the Investor Responsibility Research Center. In 1976- 77, he was writer in residence at the Conservation Foundation. He was also a member of the SEC's Advisory Committee on Corporate Disclosure. RICHARD W. WRIGHT ,..-v Research Professor of Law B S 1968 California Institute of Tech- ,,. ,,.- nologyg J.D., 1973, Loyola University of Los Angeles, LL.M., 1976, Harvard University. Professor Wright graduated summa cum laude from college and was first in his class at Loyola, and served as editor-in-chief of the Loyola Law Review. While at Harvard, he was an instructor at Boston University School of Law. Subsequently, he was an attorney in the Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, and an attorney and project leader in the Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress. He has served as a consultant and adviser on environmental and natural resource issues for the United States Congress, the Executive Branch, and numerous public interest organizations. 33' 1 Q-

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AWRENCE . OGELMAN Assistant Director, Criminal Law Clinic. B.A., 1970, Brooklyn Col- lege, J.D., 1973, Brooklyn Law School Professor Vogelman was a member of the Brooklyn Law Review and editor of the Moot Court Honor Society. He worked for four years 11973-771 as a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society Criminal Defense Division and from 1977 to 1979 as associate appellate coun- sel with the Society's Appeals Bureau. He is a member of the faculty of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Tom C. Clark Institute 'A W , J of Trial Advocacy, Hofstra Universityg Emory University Trial Ad- vocacy Program, and has been a frequent lecturer on various aspects of the criminal justice system, particularly plea bargaining, sentence reform, and the recodification of the Federal Criminal Code. ,1- ' ? J'.. TELFORD T YLOR Dr. Herman George and Kate Kaiser Professor of Consitutional Law. B.A., 1928, M.A., 1932, LL.D., 1949, Williams College, LL.B., 1932, Harvard University. Professor Taylor's career in public service has been a long and distinguished one, beginninig in 1933 when he served as assistant solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior 11933-341, senior attorney, U.S. Department of Agriculture 11934-351, asso- ciate counsel, Senate Interstate Commerce Commission 11935-3915 special assistant to the Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice 11939-401, general counsel, Federal Communications Commission 11940-4215 and administrator, Small Defense Plants Administration 11951-521. He achieved international renown as chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials 11946-491. As general counsel for the Joint Committee on Educational TV 11952-621, he was instrumental in advocating the interests of educational television. Professor Taylor has argued 16 cases before the United States Supreme Court. After many years in private practice in New York, he joined the faculty of Columbia Law School, where he is currently Nash Professor Emeritus. Among Professor Taylor's extensive writings on legal, political, and mili- tary subjects are his books Grand Inquest: The Story of Congressional Investigations 119551, Courts of Terror 119761, and his recently acclaimed Munich: The Price of Peace 119791. A major legal figure of our era, he is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Professor Taylor is on leave, Fall Semester 1984, working on a book on the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. A AN . EISBARD Assistant Professor of Law. B.A., 1972, Harvard Universityg J .D., 1977, Yale University. Professor Weisbard joined the faculty in 1982 following service 11980-821 as assistant director for legal studies with the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research. Previously he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow in Economics at Harvard 11972-741, law clerk to Judge Irving L. Goldberg of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 11977-781, and a practi- tioner of nuclear energy law with the Washington law firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts 8: Trowbridge 11978-801. Since coming to Cardozo, Professor Weisbard has participated in scholarly projects and collo- quia with Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Med- ical Centerg Hastings Center-Institute of Society, Ethics, and the Life Sciences, New York Academy of Medicine, and numerous other groups.

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CH RLES M Y BLO Assrstant Professor of Law B A 1972 Columbra Unrversrty J D 1975 Yale Unrversrty Professor Yablon rs a graduate of Yale Law School and re cerved hrs Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude from Columbra Unrversrty He served as a law clerk to Chref Judge Irvmg R Kaufman Unrted States Court of Appeals for the Second Crrcurt Professor Yablon was an assocrate at Cravath Swarne 8: Moore rn New York Crty and then at Skadden Arps Slate 8L Meagher 8L Flom also rn New York Crty He rs teachrng at Cardozo rn the areas of crvrl procedure and securr tres regulatron EDWARD ZELINSKY Assocrate Professor of Law B A 1972 M A J D 1975 M Phrl 1978 Yale Unrversrty Professor Zelrnsky was an edrtor of the Yale Law Journal He also served as a teachrng fellow rn the Yale Unrversrty Department of Economrcs Professor Zelrnsky served as law clerk to Judge J Joseph Smrth of the Unrted States Court of Appeals for the Second Crrcurt rn 1975 76 and was assocrated wrth the frrm of Bergman Horowrtz Reynolds DeSarbo and Maucerr rn New Haven Conn He rs on the Executrve Commrttee Tax Sectron of the Con nectrcut Bar Assoclatron and the Commrttee on Employee Benefrts Tax Sectron of the Amerrcan Bar Assocratron and rs a member of Phr Beta Kappa Professor Zelrnsky rs servrng hrs frfth term as an alderman of New Haven -195 STEPHE DI O D ' Z Professor of Law BA 1967 Swarthmore College MA 1968 .ID PhD 1976 Harvard Umversrty Certrfrcate rn Socral Anthropology 1970 Cambrrdge Unrversrty Professor Dramond clerked for Judge Frank A Kaufman Unrted States Drstrrct Court Maryland He teaches legal hrs tory and torts