Martha Minow
Martha Minow | |
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Dean of Harvard Law School | |
In office July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Elena Kagan |
Succeeded by | John Manning |
Personal details | |
Born | Martha Louise Minow December 6, 1954 Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. |
Spouse | Joseph W. Singer |
Children | 1 |
Education | University of Michigan (BA) Harvard University (MEd) Yale University (JD) |
Website | Official bio |
Martha Louise Minow (born December 6, 1954)
Minow was one of the candidates mentioned to replace U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens upon his retirement.[4][5] She has been called "one of the world's leading human rights scholars" and "one of the world's leading figures in bringing legal ideas and scholarship to bear on issues of identity, race and equality, including innovative approaches to reconciliation among divided peoples."[6][7]
Early life, family and education
Minow is the daughter of former
Martha Minow graduated from
Career
After graduating from law school, Minow clerked for Judge
She joined the Harvard Law faculty as an assistant professor in 1981, was promoted to professor in 1986, was named the William Henry Bloomberg Professor of Law in 2003, and became the Jeremiah Smith Jr., Professor of Law in 2005. Minow became Dean of Harvard Law School July 1, 2009.[12] She is also a lecturer in the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
On June 30, 2017, Minow stepped down from her post as Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor of Law. From 2017 to 2018, she served as Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence.[13] In 2018, she assumed her current position as the 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard University.
Works, honors, and recognition
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Minow served on the
During the 2008 Presidential campaign, then-
She is a former member of the board of the
In 2020, Minow spoke with the podcast Criminal in the episode "Learning How to Forgive."[19]
Selected works
- When Should Law Forgive?, Norton (September 2019). ISBN 978-0-393-08176-3.
- The First Global Prosecutor: Promise and Constraints, with C. Cora True-Frost and Alex Whiting, eds. University of Michigan Press (2015). ISBN 978-0-472-07251-4.
- In Brown's Wake: Legacies of America's Constitutional Landmark. Oxford University Press (2010)
- Government by Contract: Outsourcing and American Democracy, Jody Freeman & Martha L. Minow, eds. Harvard University Press (2009)
- Just Schools: Pursuing Equality in Societies of Difference. (Martha Minow, Richard A. Shweder, and Hazel Markus, eds. Russell Sage Foundation (2008)
- "Living Up to Rules: Holding Soldiers Responsible for Abusive Conduct and the Dilemma of the Superior Orders Defence". 52 McGill Law Journal 1 (2007)
- "Tolerance in an Age of Terror". 16 University of Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal 453 (2007)
- "Should Religious Groups Ever Be Exempt From Civil Rights Laws?". 48 Boston College Law Review 781 (2007)
- "Outsourcing Power: How Privatizing Military Efforts Challenges Accountability, Professionalism, and Democracy". 46 Boston College Law Review 989 (2005)
- Partners, Not Rivals: Privatization and the Public Good. (2002)
- Engaging Cultural Differences, ed. with Richard Shweder and Hazel Markus (2002)
- Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History After Genocide and Mass Violence (1998)
- Not Only For Myself: Identity, Politics, and Law (1997)
- Making All the Difference: Inclusion, Exclusion, and American Law (1990)
- "Law Turning Outward". Telos, 73 (Fall 1987)
See also
- Barack Obama Supreme Court candidates
- List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 10)
- Leslie Moonves
- Jim Lanzone
- Joseph Ianniello
- Elena Kagan
- Thurgood Marshall
References
- ^ Marquis Who's Who on the Web
- ^ "Harvard Law School". Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
- ^ "Candidates to replace Justice John Paul Stevens". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
- ^ "Names added to Supreme Court short list". CNN. April 12, 2010.
- ^ "Candidates to replace Justice John Paul Stevens". The Washington Post.
- ^ Brief of Amici Curiae Professors of Constitutional Law, Center for Constitutional Rights, and National Lawyers Guild in Support of Respondent at 1a, Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426 (2004) (No. 03-1027).
- ^ "Martha Minow". www.brandeis.edu. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ "Martha Minow Blog". Jewish Women's Archive. June 12, 2009. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- ^ "This Day in Jewish History Newton Minow Reveals Stunning Truism: American TV Blows". Haaretz. March 9, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- ^ "Martha L. Minow". law.harvard.edu. Harvard University. Archived from the original on February 2, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
- ^ Mystal, Elie (June 11, 2009). "Martha Minow Named New Dean of Harvard Law School". abovethelaw.com. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
- ^ "Martha Minow Appointed Dean of Harvard Law School". Harvard Magazine. June 11, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
- ^ "Dean Martha Minow: Biography". law.harvard.edu. Harvard University. Archived from the original on January 27, 2010.
- ^ a b "About".
- ^ Samuel Gordon, "Obama and the Jews: An Inside Perspective", Shalom Hartman Institute (November 23, 2008)
- ^ "Obama taps Martha Minow, John G. Levi for Legal Service Corporation Board". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on October 16, 2011.
- ^ "Report of the Pro Bono Task Force". Legal Services Corporation. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ^ "Martha Minow urges us to "resist tyranny and revenge"".
- ^ "Learning How to Forgive". Criminal. May 1, 2020.
External links
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- Martha Minow faculty page at Harvard Law School
- "Martha Minow named dean of Harvard Law School". Harvard Gazette. June 11, 2009. Archived from the originalon July 16, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
- Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University
- Appearances on C-SPAN