University of Notre Dame Law School - Reporter Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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Professor Murphy is an extremely good-spirited man, jovial and humor- ous in the classroom and warm and receptive outside of it. He is univer- sally respected for his teaching and universally liked for his pleasing per- sonality. He is a very devout Catholic and de- voted father. Notre Dame is very well blessed to have him here. This page sponsored by The Foundation Press, Publishers of Studies in Contract Law by Edward J . Murphy and Richard E. Speidel 39

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The 1975 HOYNES REPORTER is dedicated to our dear friend and teach- er, Ed Murphy. Most law students at Notre Dame had excellent undergrad- uate records at outstanding schools. They have known many fine teachers. Furthermore, they found that the level of teaching in law school is ex- cellent. Martin Mayer wrote in Ih-e Lawyers that nLaw school teaching is on the average tespecially in the first yead more intense and more intelli- gent teaching than is offered in any other variety of academic institution in the United States? tp. 8m. Our ex- perience at Notre Dame upholds this. The very best of our ttintenseii and iiintelligentii teachers is Edward J. Murphy. The legal concepts involved in con- tracts are among the most rational in law. They are systematic and intelligi- ble. We have the advantage of study- ing the most systematic and probably the best organized casebook on con- tracts in use today. And, of course, Edward J. Murphy co-authored the book. The outline of the course, the content ofevery Classroom session- each is organized and executed per- fectly. This page sponsored by The Foundation Press, Publishers of Studies in Contract Law by Murphy 8L Speidel

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In the 1956-57 Report ofDean OMeara appeared the following item: It is a real pleasure to record the appointment to our faculty, as assistant professor. of Mr. Edward J. Murphy. He was first brought to my attention by Justice Schaefer of the Supreme Court of Illi- nois, a member of our Advisory Council, who spoke of him in enthusiastic terms. Professor Murphy received 21 B.8. from the University of Illinois in 1949. In 1951 he was awarded an LLB. by the University of Illinois College of Law. He served as a mem- ber of the board of student editors of the University of Illinois Law Forum for three years, during two of which he was one of its officers. He was the winner of the moot court competition at Illinois in 1950, and served for one year as president of the Junior Bar Association there. Upon being admitted to the Illinois bar in 1951, Professor Murphy became associated with the firm of Graham 8 Graham in Springfield. He practiced with that firm until 1954 when he became law clerk to Justice Harry B. Hershey of the Supreme Court of Illinois, a position he held at the time of appointment to our faculty. Professor Murphy will serve as my assistant and will have primary responsibility for placement and for recruitment in secular universities. This Page Sponsored by: The Foundation Press, Publishers of the late George W. Goble and of Edward J. Murphy. For twenty years, the standard case- book on contracts was one written by Patterson and Goble. Edwin W. Patter- son was Cardozo Professor of Juris- prudence at Columbia. George W. Goble was Professor of Law at the University of Illinois. Ed Murphy was Goblels star pupil and, today, he carries on in his high tradition.