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Lawrence M. Solan
Born(1952-05-07)May 7, 1952
New York City, U.S.
DiedMarch 2, 2024(2024-03-02) (aged 71)
Education
OccupationLaw professor
EmployerBrooklyn Law School
Known forstudy of the way in which linguistic analysis can inform the legal system
TitleDon Forchelli Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law, Language and Cognition

Lawrence M. Solan (May 7, 1952 – March 2, 2024) was an American academic who was the Don Forchelli Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law, Language and Cognition at Brooklyn Law School.[1][2]

Biography

Background

Lawrence M. Solan was born in New York City to Harold and Shirley Solan.[2] He grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey.[3]

Solan obtained a B.A. summa cum laude from

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1978, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1982.[4][5][1]

Solan died on March 2, 2024, at the age of 71.[6]

Legal career

Solan was a law clerk for Justice Stewart G. Pollock of the Supreme Court of New Jersey from 1982–83.[4][1] He was later an associate and then a partner in the New York City law firm of Orans, Elsen and Lupert, from 1983–96, focusing on complex civil litigation.[4][1][7]

He joined the faculty of

linguistic analysis can inform the legal system, and he taught courses on the subject at Brooklyn Law School, Yale Law School, and in the Psychology Department and Linguistics Program at Princeton University.[8][9] In 2009, he was named Honorary Professor at the Wuhan Institute of Technology.[10]

Among Solan's books are The Language of Judges (2010), The Language of Statutes: Laws and Their Interpretation (2010), and (with Peter Tiersma) Speaking of Crime: The Language of Criminal Justice.[11][12][13]

Solan was President of the

International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "EXPERT REPORT OF LAWRENCE M. SOLAN," FTC.gov, November 29, 2004.
  2. ^ a b "Lawrence M. Solan, Lawyer," Marquis Who's Who.
  3. ^ "Lawrence Solan Obituary - Livingston, NJ". Dignity Memorial.
  4. ^ a b c d "Solan Lawrence". Brooklyn Law School.
  5. ^ "Language & Asylum Research Group: Lawrence M. Solan". essex.ac.uk.
  6. ^ Lawrence Solan
  7. ^ "Lawrence M. Solan". The Huffington Post.
  8. ^ "Language & Asylum Research Group: Lawrence M. Solan". essex.ac.uk.
  9. ^ "DECLARATION OF STEPHANIE CLIFFORD IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT ESSENTIAL CONSULTANTS, LLC'S MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION; DECLARATION OF LAWRENCE SOLAN," UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, April 9, 2018.
  10. ^ "Prof. Dr. Lawrence M. Solan". Käte Hamburger Kolleg "Recht als Kultur".
  11. ISBN 9780226767895
    – via Google Books.
  12. ISBN 9780226767963
    – via Google Books.
  13. ISBN 9780226767871
    – via Google Books.
  14. ^ "Prof. Dr. Lawrence M. Solan - Käte Hamburger Kolleg "Recht als Kultur"". Recht als Kultur.
  15. ^ "Brooklyn Law School - Solan Lawrence".
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