Frederick M. Lawrence

Frederick M. Lawrence
8th President of Brandeis University
Term January 2011 –
Predecessor Jehuda Reinharz
Born 1955
Religion Jewish
Spouse Kathy Lawrence
Children Miriam and Noah

Frederick M. Lawrence is an American legal scholar and the President of Brandeis University.

He is the third and youngest child of Brooklyn College sweethearts Joseph and Bea Lawrence (both deceased). His father was a chemical engineer and his mother an educator. Lawrence attended Flower Hill Elementary School, Carrie Palmer Weber Junior High School and Paul D. Schreiber High School, all in Port Washington, New York. He was Valedictorian of his 1973 high school class.

Lawrence holds the B.A. from Williams College and the J.D. from Yale University.

He began his legal career in 1980 as clerk to Judge Amalya Lyle Kearse of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Later, Lawrence served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he became chief of the Civil Rights Unit.

In 1988, he joined the faculty of the Boston University School of Law where he taught courses on civil rights enforcement, criminal law, and civil procedure.

From 2005 through 2010, Lawrence was Dean and Robert Kramer Research Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School.[1]

On July 8, 2010 he was named President of Brandeis University. He took office at Brandeis on Jan. 1, 2011.[2]

Lawrence is a highly regarded expert on civil rights.[2]

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References

  1. ^ [1] "Another law dean moves up: Brandeis hires George Washington's Lawrence."Karen Sloan, July 8, 2010, National Law Journal.
  2. ^ a b [2]"Civil rights scholar named new Brandeis president," Tracy Jan, July 8, 2010, Boston Globe.