Bernard J. Ward papers, ca. 1954-1982 1961-1981.

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Ward, Bernard J., 1925-1982. Bernard J. Ward papers, ca. 1954-1982 1961-1981.

Bernard J. Ward papers, ca. 1954-1982 1961-1981.

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Correspondence, printed materials, minutes, memoranda, and literary productions document Bernard J. Ward's activity in the legal profession, both as scholar and public servant. Ward the public servant takes primacy over Ward the teacher, not only by the sheer preponderance of material on his work on the federal rules committees, but also by the insight that material provides about its creator as an esteemed legal authority. The papers bulk with correspondence in the periods 1961-1969 and 1971-1978 when he served, respectively, as reporter to the Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States and as reporter to the Advisory Committee of Civil Rules. The first series documents the formation and membership of the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure and its advisory committees. The four following series, beginning with Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules, 1961-1969, are marshaled chronologically, to reflect Ward's successive service on the various committees. The subseries on rules (e.g., Rule 23 under the series, Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, 1971-1978) manifest the process by which those rules--from their conception through various drafts and proposed changes--arrived at their final form. The last two series relate to Ward's career as a law professor at Notre Dame, 1954-1955, and the University of Texas at Austin, 1966-1982, with correspondence that also documents his service on the federal rules committees and his personal relationships with the federal judiciary and other legal scholars.

7 linear ft. (17 boxes)

University of Texas, Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research