{"id":39913,"date":"2015-10-28T10:36:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T20:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=39913"},"modified":"2021-06-29T10:26:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T20:26:21","slug":"property-law-scholar-gives-free-public-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/10\/28\/property-law-scholar-gives-free-public-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Property law scholar gives free public lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Thomas<\/p>\n

Thomas W. Merrill, a former Department of Justice<\/a> deputy solicitor general, will give the 2015 Distinguished Gifford Lecture in Real Property at the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a> Moot Courtroom on Thursday, November 5, 4:30 p.m. The annual free public lecture is sponsored by the Carlsmith Ball law firm.<\/p>\n

Merrill, an internationally renowned scholar in property and administrative law, is the Charles Evans Hughes Professor of Law at Columbia Law School<\/a>. He previously was a professor at Yale Law School and Northwestern University School of Law.<\/p>\n

School of Law Dean Avi Soifer<\/strong> said it is an honor to have a scholar of Merrill’s caliber to continue the very high level for which this annual lecture series is known. “The reputation of our own Professor David Callies<\/strong>, holder of the Benjamin A. Kudo Chair at our law school, plays a major role in attracting these outstanding scholars. And it truly is a coincidence that Professor Merrill and I discovered that we went to the same high school in Iowa,” said Soifer.<\/p>\n

More on Thomas W. Merrill<\/h2>\n

He clerked for Justice Harry Blackmun and Court of Appeals Judge David Bazelon and served in the U.S. Department of Justice from 1987 to 1990.<\/p>\n

Merrill writes widely in the areas of property and administrative law and has published several books and more than 75 scholarly articles. Currently, he is working on a book about the role of public rights doctrines in the development of the Chicago lakefront.<\/p>\n

Merrill holds undergraduate degrees from Grinnell College<\/a> and Oxford University<\/a>, and a law degree from the University of Chicago<\/a>, where he was an Articles Editor of the Law Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n

—By Beverly Creamer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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