RICHARD ANDERSON
1234, West 67 Street,
Carlisle, MA 01741,
(123)-456 7890.
Personal:
- Professor of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law 1994-Present
- Associate Professor at Wake Forest 1991-1994
- Visiting Professor of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law, Fall 1990
- Practicing Attorney, 1970-90
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1974
- Admitted to North Carolina Bar, 1969
Education:
- A.B., summa cum laude, University of the South, 1964
- J.D., with honors, University of North Carolina, 1969
- Chief Justice Walter Clark Award
- Order of the Coif
- M.A., Political Science, University of Chicago
Courses Teaching at Wake Forest:
- Constitutional Law I and II
- American Legal History (with an emphasis on civil liberties)
- Freedom of Speech and Press, and Agency
Courses Taught at Guilford College:
- Criminal Law
- Evidence
- Selected constitutional topics concurrent with law practice.
Practice:
- Civil Liberties, free speech, litigation under 42 USC sec. 1983
- Torts and products liability
- Criminal law
- Employment discrimination cases
- Selective service law
- Some environmental law in addition to a general trial practice.
Awards & Honors:
- Named Donald L. Smith Professor of Constitutional and Public Law, Wake Forest University, 2002.
- Awards for Free Speech. See, Free Speech., 2000
- Joseph Branch Excellence in Teaching Award, 1999
- Student bar Excellence in Teaching Award, 1997
- Frank Porter Graham Award from the North Carolina Civil Liberties Union for achievement in defending and advancing civil liberties in North Carolina (based both on my pro-bono and scholarly work), 1985.
Professional Activities:
- Chair, Constitutional Law Section, Association of American Law Schools, 2001-2002. Member of Wake Forest University Senate; Executive Committee Member 2002
- Member, American Society for Legal History; Constitutional Law Section, AALS; North Carolina and American Bar Associations; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Employment and Activities:
- Professor of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law, 1994 to present
- Associate Professor, Wake Forest University School of Law, 1991-1994
- Visiting Professor, Wake Forest University School of Law, 1990
- Lawyer in Residence, Francis Lewis Law Center, Washington and Lee University, May 1985
- Partner at Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James, Harkavy & Lawrence, 1971-1991, general trial practice: tort, libel, products liability, environmental, civil liberties and constitutional law. Co-operating attorney, North Carolina Civil Liberties Union. Representative pro-bono cases:
- man threatened with jail if he criticized a judge's decision in the media
- preacher arrested for preaching on a downtown sidewalk to protest a semi-nude stroll
- high school students who wanted to print an article on birth control in the school newspaper
- member of the Black Panther party arrested for selling a newspaper in downtown Burlington, NC
- amicus brief against an effort to declare "The Curious Eye," which was a high school literary reader obscene
- motorists who taped over the slogan "First in Freedom" on North Carolina license plates.
- Instructor at Guilford College teaching Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, and Evidence, 1974-1977 (concurrent with law practice)
- Member 1977-1985 and Chair, 1978-85, North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) Review Board (concurrent with law practice)
- Law Clerk to Chief Justice William H. Bobbitt, North Carolina Supreme Court, 1969-1970
- Summer associate, Lewis Roca, Phoenix, AZ, summer 1968
- Mediator, Dispute Settlement Center
- Past board member, chair of the amicus committee, and Vice President for Legal Affairs, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.
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