Leon A. Green
Male, Deceased Person
1888 – 1979
Who was Leon A. Green?
Leon Green was a noted U.S. legal realist and long-tenured dean of Northwestern University School of Law. He also served as professor at Yale Law School and the University of Texas School of Law.
Born in Oakland, Louisiana, Green earned an A.B. from Ouachita College in 1908 and LL.B from the University of Texas in 1915.
At Northwestern, Dean Green presided over changes in curriculum to provide students effective training in the changing field of law. He also determined that the best way to raise the law school's stature was to raise the quality of students. Thus, he fought University pressure to raise revenues by admitting unqualified students, and he led a campaign to provide decent housing as a means to attract top students.
A leading expert in the field of Tort law, Green authored the groundbreaking treatise, The Rationale of Proximate Cause.
Three of Green's students received appointments to the United States Supreme Court: John Paul Stevens and Arthur Goldberg from Northwestern University, and Thomas Campbell Clark from the University of Texas.
Green also served as dean of the University of North Carolina School of Law.
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- Born
- Mar 31, 1888
United States of America - Also known as
- Leon Green
- Died
- Jun 15, 1979
Austin
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on July 23, 2013
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