University of Virginia Law School - Barrister Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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EDWARD A. MEARNS, JR. Assistant Professor of Law Professor Mearns, currently beginning his second year on the Law School faculty, was a 1958 graduate of the | Law School. He was appointed as Instructor in 1958, advancing to his present position in 1959. Mr. Mearns, | a native of New York City, received his B.S. degree from Yale University in 1951 and served as a lieutenant (j.g.) in the U. S. Navy prior to entering Law School. Besides conducting a seminar in Civil Procedure, Mr. Mearns also teaches Legal Philosophy, Persons, and Legal History. CHARLES PATTERSON NASH, JR. Professor of Law Professor Nash received his B.S. degree from the Virginia Military Institute and his LL.B. from the University of Virginia. Mr. Nash practiced for two years in Huntington, West Virginia, with the firm of Fitzpatrick, Brown and Davis before returning to the University as an Associate Professor of Law in 1927. He was appointed a full Professor in 1937. Mr. Nash teaches Conflict of Laws, Evidence and | Admiralty. He is the editor of Law of Evidence in Virginia and West Virginia. This spring Mr. Nash has been a visiting Professor of Law at the University of Florida. A. J. GUSTIN PRIEST Professor of Law Professor Priest received both his A.B. and LL.B. degrees from the University of Idaho. After practic- ing in his home state for several years, he moved to New York City in 1926. Mr. Priest was a partner in the New York firm of Reid and Priest between 1937- . 53 and presently retains an association with the firm as counsel. In 1953, Mr. Priest joined the Virginia Law School faculty. He teaches Corporations, Public Utility Regulations, Parliamentary Law, and Legal Draftsmanship. Mr. Priest is a fellow of the American Bar Founda- tion, served as Chairman of the Section of Public Utility Law of the ABA in 1951-52, and frequently appears before the Federal Power Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission in a legal capacity. He has recently written a test on Public Utilities and the Law.

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CARL McFARLAND Professor of Law Professor McFarland received B.A., M.A., LL.B., and LL.D. degrees from Montana State University and an S.J.D. at Harvard. He has practiced before various ad- ministrative agencies, state, and federal courts, includ- ing the Supreme Court of the United States. After serv- ing as a visiting Professor at the Law School in 1949-50, Mr. McFarland returned to Montana State University where he served as President from 1951 to 1957. In 1958, Mr. McFarland was welcomed back to the Univer- sity on a permanent basis. He teaches Administrative Law and Legislation. Mr. McFarland has written extensively in the field of law and administration. Among his many writings is a casebook on Administrative Law co-authored with the late Judge Arthur T. Vanderbilt in 1952. Mr. Mc- Farland also served as co-editor of the Revised Statutes of Montana in 1936; Special Assistant to the U. S. At- torney General from 1933 to 1937; and as Assistant Attorney General of the United States from 1937 to 1959: wn eee ee a ae JOHN C. McCOID II Assistant Professor of Law Another of the newer members of the faculty is Professor John C. McCoid II. Mr. McCoid received his B.A. and LL.B. at Vanderbilt University in 1950 and 1953 respectively. In 1957 he was a teaching fellow at Harvard instructing in the first-year group program, a seminar in the application of first year courses. Mr. McCoid has just completed his third year on the Virginia Law School faculty. He teaches Unfair Trade Practices and’ Civil Procedure. DANIEL J. MEADOR Associate Professor of Law Professor Daniel J. Meador came to the University in 1957 with a diversified legal background. He re- ceived his B.S. from Auburn in 1948 and his LL.B. from the University of Alabama in 1951. He was awarded his LL.M. at Harvard in 1954. After leaving Harvard, Mr. Meador became clerk to Justice Hugo Black of the United States Supreme Court. Immediately before coming to the University he was employed by the firm of Lange, Simpson, Robinson and Summer- ville of Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Meador teaches Civil Procedure, Federal Juris- diction and Procedure, and a seminar in Constitutional Litigation.

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mY Re de ee Ne fey ye) tc 1! i ail LAURENS H. RHINELANDER Professor of Law Professor Rhinelander received his A.B. and LL.B. de- grees from Harvard University and his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Cambridge. He practiced in Boston between 1937 and 1941 after serving as law clerk to Judge Augustus N. Hand. From 1945 to 1947 Mr. Rhinelander served as Assistant Counsel to the Civilian Production Administration, and was an Associate Professor of Law at George Washington University in 1947-48. He joined the Virginia Law faculty the fol- lowing year. Mr. Rhinelander teaches Agency, Law and Accounting, and Antitrust Law. KENNETH R. REDDEN Professor of Law Professor Redden graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1937 and obtained his LL.B. from the University of Virginia in 1940. He practiced in New York City until 1942 when he became Law clerk to Judge A. M. Dobie. He remained in this position for two years before returning to the University as an Assistant Professor of Law. Mr. Redden became a full Professor in 1952. In 1954 Mr. Redden went to New | York University as visiting Professor of Law and re- mained there for two years before journeying to Turkey as Director of a State Department Legal Mission. Mr. Redden has had a varied writing career. He published, among others, a casebook on Equity, books of Juris- prudence, Investments, Bankruptcy, and has contributed to various other legal publications. Mr. Redden teaches Criminal Law, Equity, and Creditors Rights. EMERSON G. SPIES Professor of Law Professor Spies, who holds a B.A. from Hobart College and a B.A. in Jurisprudence and a bachelos of civil laws degree from Oxford University, came to the University of Virginia in 1946 as an assistan’ professor. Mr. Spies graduated from Hobart in 1936 anc received his two degrees from Oxford while he wa: there as a Rhodes Scholar. In 1939 he became « teaching fellow at the University of Chicago and late: went with a law firm in New York City. During World War II, he served as.an instructor in the Judge Advocate General's School at the University of Michigan, In 1947 Mr. Spies became an associat professor at the Law School and in 1951 became «@ full professor. Mr. Spies teaches Property and Mort gages and is also in charge of the admissions office’