American lawyer
Rebecca Latham Brown is an American law professor who is The Rader Family Trustee Chair in Law specializing in Constitutional law at USC Gould School of Law .
Biography
Brown was raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico , and received her B.A. from St. John's College (Annapolis, MD) in 1980.[ 1] She earned her J.D. in 1984, graduating magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center , where she was the articles editor of the Georgetown Law Journal . Following graduation, she served as a clerk for Judge Spottswood Robinson III of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and during the 1985-1986 Term for Thurgood Marshall of the Supreme Court of the United States .[ 2]
After her clerkships, Brown worked in the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice . She then entered private practice with Onek, Klein & Farr in Washington, D.C. From 1988 to 2008, she was a professor at Vanderbilt University Law School , where in 2003 she was named to the Allen Chair in Law.[ 3] [ 4]
In 2008, Brown joined the faculty of the USC Gould Law School as Newton Professor of Constitutional Law, and in 2014 was named The Rader Family Trustee Chair in Law.[ 1] [ 5]
Personal life
Brown is married to Robert K. Rasmussen , a professor of bankruptcy law who was dean of the USC Gould School of Law from 2007 to 2015.[ 6] [ 7]
See also
References
^ a b Silsby, Gilean (Fall–Winter 2008). "Professor Rebecca Brown, constitutional law scholar, joins USC faculty" . USC Law Magazine : 26. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
^ Ward, Artemus; Weiden, David L. (2007). Sorcerers' Apprentices: 100 Years of Law Clerks at the United States Supreme Court . New York, NY: NYU Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-8147-9420-3 . Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
^ Owens, Ann Marie Deer (February 19, 2003). "Justice Byron White presides over moot court competition" . Vanderbilt University Daily Register. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
^ Capps, Milt (May 4, 2007). "Trojans tap two Vanderbilt faculty for Law dean and scholar" . Nashville Post . Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
^ Greenwald, Morgan (September 17, 2012). "Panel explores interpretation of Constitution" . Daily Trojan . Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
^ Wolf, Amy (May 4, 2007). "Law school's Rasmussen to become dean of USC's Gould School of Law" . Vanderbilt University Daily Register. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
^ "USC's next law school dean is announced" . Los Angeles Times . May 3, 2007. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
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