Walter F. Pratt
Walter F. Pratt Jr. | |
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Dean of the University of South Carolina School of Law | |
| In office July 1, 2006 – July 1, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Burnele Venable Powell |
| Succeeded by | Robert M. Wilcox |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) |
| Occupation | Administrator, Professor |
Walter Floyd "Jack" Pratt Jr. (born 1946)
Biography
Pratt was born and raised in
After graduation, he was law clerk for Judge Charles Clark of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and then for Chief Justice Warren E. Burger of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1978–1979 Term.[4][5]
In 1979, he joined the faculty as an assistant professor of
On July 1, 2006, Pratt was named dean and Educational Foundation Distinguished Professor of the University of South Carolina School of Law.[6] In 2011, he announced he would not seek an extension of his five year term.[7][8] After stepping down as dean, he has continued to teach at the Law School.
Personal life
He is married to Dorothy Overstreet Pratt, a history professor and author, whom he met as an undergraduate at Vanderbilt, and they have two sons.[9][10]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 9780838720301. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ISBN 9781845457211. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ^ Lat, David (October 12, 2006). "Law School Dean Hotties: The B Bracket". AbovetheLaw.com. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ^ Protzman, Rachael (July 7, 2002). "Law school graduate appointed to U.S. Supreme Court clerkship". Notre Dame News. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ^ Pratt, Walter F. (2006–2007). "Warren E. Burger Prize - Forward". S. C. L. Rev. 58: 369. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
- ^ "A History of the School of Law: The Deans". University of South Carolina School of Law. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ^ "Jack Pratt to Step Down as Dean at South Carolina". TheFacultyLounge.org. May 10, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ^ Leither, Brian (May 12, 2010). "Dean Walter Pratt Stepping Down At South Carolina". Brian Leiter's Law School Reports Blog. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ^ "Author page for Dorothy O. Pratt". Amazon. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ^ Pratt, Dorothy Overstreet. "Sowing the Wind The Mississippi Constitutional Convention of 1890". University of Mississippi Press. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
Selected publications
Books
- Pratt, Walter F. (1979). Privacy in Britain. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press. ISBN 978-0838720301.
- Pratt, Walter F. (1999). The Supreme Court of Edward Douglas White, 1910-1921. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-57003-309-4.
- Pratt, Walter F. "The American Constitution and the People Who Made It". Amazon. Retrieved October 7, 2018. Amazon audiobook.
Articles
- Pratt, Walter F. (1986). "The Struggle For Judicial Independence in Antebellum North Carolina: The Story of Two Judges". Law and History Review. 4 (1): 129–160. S2CID 145609118.
Book reviews
- Pratt, Walter F. (2013). "Book Review of: Signposts: New Directions in Southern Legal History". Law and Politics Book Review, Sponsored by the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association.
- Pratt, Walter F. (June 1, 2010). "Book review of: Judge Richard S. Arnold: A Legacy of Justice on the Federal Bench. By Polly J. Price". Journal of American History. 97 (1): 226. .