Aviam Soifer
Aviam Soifer (born 1948) is an American legal scholar and currently the Dean of the William S. Richardson School of Law in the U.S. state of Hawaii.[1]
Background
Soifer earned his Bachelor of Arts at Yale University in 1969, and a Master of Urban Studies at the same institution in 1972. He also earned his Juris Doctor at Yale Law School, in 1972, where he was an editor on the Yale Law Journal. Upon graduation, Soifer became a law clerk for a Federal Judge, Jon O. Newman.[1]
Career
From 1993 to 1998, Soifer was dean of the Boston College Law School, where he remained as a professor until he accepted his current Deanship in 2003. Soifer is the author of many articles and book chapters, most recently in the areas of religious freedom, rights of the disabled, constitutional history, and judging/judgment. He has also authored a book, Law and the Company We Keep (Harvard University Press, 1995), which received several professional awards.[1]
Selected bibliography
- Soifer, Aviam (November 2012). "Federal protection, paternalism, and the virtually forgotten prohibition of voluntary peonage". Columbia Law Review, special issue: Symposium: The Thirteenth Amendment: Meaning, Enforcement, and Contemporary Implications. Columbia Law School. 112 (7): 1607–1639. JSTOR 41708160. Pdf.
References
- 1 2 3 "Biography of Aviam Soifer from the William S. Richardson School of Law". Retrieved 2010-12-20.