Fall 1996 – Issue 50 - Stanford Lawyer - Stanford University

STANDING
PROFESSORSHIPS
Mark Kelman
Mark G. Kelman
William Nelson Cromwell
Professor ofLaw
A member of the faculty
since 1977, Kelman is
known for his searching
analysis of assumptions underlying
law and the legal
system, as seen in his book,
A Guide to Critical Legal
Studies (Harvard University
Press, 1987).
Kelman served from
1994 to 1996 as academic
coordinator for Stanford
Law School.
The Cromwell professorship
was established in
1948 through a bequest by
its namesake, William Nelson
Cromwell, a founding
partner of Sullivan &
Cromwell of New York
City.
Miguel A. Mendez
AdelbertH. Sweet
ProfessorofLaw
Before joining the Stanford
faculty in 1977, Mendez
amassed broad experience
as a legislative a sistant, legal
aid director, and public
defender.
He is now a leading expert
on criminal law and
procedure, the author of
definitive books on evidence-notably
Evidence:
The California Evidence
Code & the Federal Rules
ofEvidence (West Publish-
Miguel Mendez
ing Co., 1995)-and an innovative
teacher.
The Sweet professorship
was established in
1987 with a bequest from
Elaine Sweet, a 1919 Stanford
graduate in history.
Her father, Adelbert H.
Sweet, after whom the
chair is named, was among
the founders of the prominent
San Diego law firm
now known as Luce, Forward,
Hamilton & cripps.
Margaret Jane Radin
MargaretJane Radin
William Benjamin Scott
and LunaM. Scott
ProfessorofLaw
One of the nation's foremost
scholars on property
theory and on law and social
philosophy, Radin was
named to an endowed chair
at the University of Southern
California before moving
to Stanford in 1989.
She i currentlyexamining
legal and ethical issues
raised by contract pregnancy
and other transactions
involving the selling
or renting of things close to
persons, like bodies or body
parts, as explored in her latest
book, Contested Commodities
(Harvard University
Press, 1996). An interview
with her on this
subject appears on pages
10-13££.
Also interested in legal
and social issues rai ed by
the flow of information and
entertainment via computer
networks, Radin teaches a
course in cyber pace legal
issues. She is co-founder
and co-director of the
Cyberspace Law Institute
sponsored by Stanford and
Georgetown.
The Scott professorship
wa endowed in 1970 by
josephine Scott Crocker in
honor of her late parents.
A 1923 graduate of Stanford,
Mrs. Crocker saw
three children earn Stanford
bachelor' degr es and
two also earn law degrees:
Donald W. Crocker,jD '58
and Benjamin Scott Crocker,
JD '58. The names of
the late Mrs. Crocker and
of Benjamin, who died in
1973, are memorialized in
two other Law School professorships
established by
the Crocker family, whose
many donations to Stanford
Law School also include
a faculty scholar
fund.
Barton H. (Buzz)
Thompson, Jr.
RobertE. Paradise
Professor ofNatural
Resources Law
The architect ofStanford
Law School's environmental
and natural resource
law program, Thompson
takes a pragmatic, problemsolving
approach to the i ­
sues surrounding the environment
and property
rights. His principal writings
focus on constitutional
protections of economic in-
BUll Thompson '76
terests and on water policy-the
subject of a book
he co-authored, Legal
Control ofWater Resources
(We t Publishing
Co., 1991).
Before joining the
Stanford faculty in 1986,
Thompson earn d a double
degree UD/MBA '76)
from Stanford, clerked for
Chief j u tice William H.
Rehnquist of the U.S.
Supreme Court, and
earned partnership with
the Los Angeles law firm of
O'Meiveny & Myers.
He received tanford's
Hurlbut Award for Excellence
in Teaching in 1993
and the inaugural Robert
E. Paradise Fellowship for
Excellence in Teaching and
Research in 1995.
The Paradise professorship
was endowed in
1982 with a gift from
Robert E. and lone Paradise
of Arcadia, California.
Mr. Paradise, who has
since died, earned two degrees
(AB '27, jD '29) with
great distinction from
Stanford, practiced law in
Los Angeles for many
years, served as general
ounsel to major oil companies,
and ultimately became
an oil producer
himself. Mrs. Paradise, a
UCLA graduate, is a former
president of the California
division of the
American Association of
University Women. _
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