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

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Reflections Un Cardozds Past

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From Past To Present . . . The Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law Of Yeshiva University Opened In September Of 1976. The Selection Of Faculty Upon Whose Scholarship And Teaching The School Was To Be Founded Began In The Summer Of 1975 With The Appointment Cf Professor Monrad C.. Paulsen As Both The University Vice President For Legal Education And As Cardozo's First Dean. A Distinguished Teacher, Administrator, And Legal Scholar In The Fields Of Domestic Relations, Constitutional Law, And Juvenile Delinquency, He Came To Cardozo From The University Of Virginia School Of Law Where He Had Been Dean Since 1969. The Selection Of The Balance Of The Initial Faculty Of Twelve Was Completed In Early 1976. A Construction Program Was Begun At The University's Brookdale Center, 55 Fifth Avenue, In Early 1976, Which Included Classrooms, Seminar Rooms, Lecture Halls, A Moot Court Room, Faculty Offices, And A Student Lounge. A Major And Central Component Was The Three-Story Law Library, Which Initially Held 90,000 Volumes And Today Holds Nearly 300,000. I US. Supreme Court justice Lewis I2 P ell, jr., delivering the address at th demic convocation inaugurating B j min 1976. Cardozo School of Law Apr Illlqaaa Supreme Court Chief justice Warren E Burger awarded honorary degree on Law Day 1977 18! REFLECTIONS