Choice tidbits from UCLA faculty (auto)biographies.

"a nationally recognized criminal law and procedure scholar ... [has] achieved national prominence"

"a prolific scholar"

"As a law student, he felt it his duty to keep levity in the classroom, a practice he continues as a teacher, earning him the gratitude of his students."

"a pioneer ... [who] has published pioneering clinical scholarship"

"Professor ... enjoys music of all kinds and has a large and varied CD collection. Equally large and varied is his collection of (inanimate) ducks and geese."

"Before law school, [professor] enjoyed a series of brief and ill-paid careers"

"[Professor's] articles have stirred debates in the Yale, Stanford, Vanderbilt, and Michigan law reviews"

"His interests include Christian theology and sports."

"Current research interests include ... a philosophical exploration of a form of Confucian communitarianism as an alternative to western liberal democracy."

"Believing he is really a jazz guitarist in a law professor's body..."

"listed ... as the third most cited law professor among those who entered teaching after 1992."

"For seven years, he guided the school with exceptional judgment, enhancing the school's national reputation, and engendering the collegial spirit that continues today."

"To escape the weather in Los Angeles, [prof] visits at other law schools."

And our winner, uneditable in its logorrheic perfection:

"In the classroom, he seeks to situate the material of his courses in its historical context, to emphasize how law invariably requires one to choose between competing theories and normative values, and to illustrate the extent to which mesmerizing, value-laden issues are frequently embedded in the seemingly dry, technical issues that permeate the law."

P.S. Sorry that took me a while. If this blog is ever not updated frequently enough for your tastes, you may want to try this one.

14 Apr 06