John Ritchie (1904-1988) Papers ca. 1931-1988

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John Ritchie (1904-1988) Papers ca. 1931-1988

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Known for his work in the field of estate law, John Ritchie held the position of dean and John Henry Wigmore Professor of Law at the Northwestern University School of Law from 1957 to 1972. The John Ritchie papers date between ca. 1931 and 1988 although the great bulk of the materials span the period from 1957 through 1966. The papers are divided into four subseries: biographical materials, records pertaining to the Association of American Law Schools, records relating to the American Bar Association, and professional files and administrative records.

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Ritchie, John, 1904-1988

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Dean of the Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) School of Law. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1958. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 243780723 John Ritchie III was born March 19, 1904, at Norfolk, Virginia, the son of John and Edith (Kensett) Ritchie. He took bachelor of science (1925) and bachelor of laws (1927) degrees from the University of Virginia and received his J.S.D. from Yale in 1931. ...

Association of American law schools

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American bar association

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED In 1971 the American Bar Association formed a committee to prepare a study "...on the respective powers under the Constitution of the President and of the Congress to enter into and conduct war." The committee was chaired by Lyman M. Tondel, Jr. and the project was funded by the Association's Fund for Public Education which in turn contracted with Columbia University to carry out the study. The staff included Abraham D. Sofaer, Project Director and Adjunct Professor of Law at C...