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Leading legal scholar to receive honorary degree

Thursday, May 8, 2008

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A leading legal scholar will be awarded an honorary degree from Valparaiso Law this weekend.

Honored at May 17 commencement ceremonies for School of Law graduates will be Thomas L. Shaffer, Robert and Marion Short professor of law emeritus at the University of Notre Dame Law School, who will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree.

Shaffer is author of nearly 300 scholarly works on the law, including numerous books, and has served advisory editorships with a variety of legal publications. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School, he has been associated with the school for more than 35 years, serving four years as dean. He was named to the Short chair in 1988 and awarded emeritus status in 1997. Earlier he taught at Washington and Lee University for nine years and has held visiting professorships at several law schools.

 

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