Assistance

[Dean Martin Belsky]

Sorry - he did attend law school -- Albany Law School -- just did not
graduate and then took the bar


At 09:15 AM 9/6/01 -0400, you wrote:
>A related question is who was the last justice NOT to go to law school.  My
>guess is Robert Jackson.
>
>John Parry
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jay krishnan [mailto:jay_krishnan at HOTMAIL.COM]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:31 PM
>To: CONLAWPROF at listserv.ucla.edu
>Subject: Re: Assistance
>
>
>Dear Mark:
>
>In the Dukeminier and Krier PROPERTY book there is a footnote about John
>Marshall having only a few weeks of legal training (i.e., he had no formal
>legal education, let alone the fact that he wasn't a formal lawyer).
>
>Also, you may want to check out:
>http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/uGetInfo?jid=2828
>
>this site discusses the bio of Bob Katzmann who recently was appointed to
>the second circuit.  while he has a J.D. (as well as a Ph.D) and did a
>federal clerkship, since then he has been a pure (and in fact wonderful)
>academic who was tapped to be on the fed. appellate court. (i'm not even
>sure if he took a bar. As you know, there are several fed. clerks out there
>whose judges don't require that).
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>All the best, Jay Krishnan, William Mitchell College of Law.
>
>
>
>>From: Mark S Kende <kendem at SELWAY.UMT.EDU>
>>Reply-To: Discussion list for con law professors
>><CONLAWPROF at listserv.ucla.edu>
>>To: CONLAWPROF at listserv.ucla.edu
>>Subject: Re: Assistance
>>Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 17:07:53 -0600
>>
>>I'd love to get assistance with two questions if possible.  First, has
>>there ever been a U.S. Supreme Court Justice who was not an
>>attorney or who was not at least "licensed" at some point in
>>their career to practice law?  Second, can anyone recommend a book that
>>provides historical backgrounds or helpful political contexts to most of
>>the major cases one finds in Con. Law casebooks?  I have some ideas but
>>would appreciate the list's expertise.  Replies off-list are welcome to
>>avoid cluttering the list. Thanks.
>>
>>Mark Kende
>>Associate Professor of Law
>>University of Montana School of Law
>>Missoula, Montana 59812
>>406-243-4317 (phone)
>>406-243-2576 (fax)
>
>
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Martin H. Belsky
Dean and Professor of Law
University of Tulsa
   College  of Law
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Tulsa, OK 74104
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