About the Authors
Leonard D. DuBoff
Education:Brooklyn Poly Tech (AAS, 1964)
Hofstra University (BES, magna cum laude, 1968)
Brooklyn Law School (JD, summa cum laude, 1971)
Bar Admissions:
New York (1972)
Oregon (1977)
Organizations & Affiliations:
American Bar Association
National Native America Bar Association
Federal Court Admissions:
United States District Court, Southern District of New York (1974)
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York (1974)
United States Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit (1974)
United States Supreme Court (1975)
United States District Court, District of Oregon (1990)
United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit (1990)
United States Tax Court (1995)
United States District Court, District of Hawaii (1995)
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit (2001)
Titles and Memberships:
Sigma Pi Sigma, National Physics Honor Society,
Engineering Honor Society
Teaching Fellow, Stanford Law School, 1971-1972
Faculty, Hastings College of Civil Advocacy, Hastings College of Law, Summer 1978
Professor of Law, Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College, 1972-1994
Chairman of the Board, Oregon Commission for the Blind, 1979-1987, 1990-1994
President, Arts Commission of Tigard, Tualatin, and Sherwood, 1990-1991
Chairman, Section on Art Law, Association of American Law Schools, 1990-1993
General Counsel, Vietnam Veterans Memorial of Oregon 1991-1993
Sherri Burr
Education:
A.B., Mount Holyoke College
J.D., Yale University
M.P.A., Princeton University
Member of the California Bar
Background:
Sherri Burr joined the UNM law faculty in 1988, after having received her A.B. (Politics) from Mount Holyoke College, her M.P.A (International Relations) from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and her J.D. from Yale Law School. In 1994 she received tenure and promotion to full professor. During the 2008-2009 academic year, she will serve as Acting Director of the Africana Studies Program in Arts and Sciences in addition to teaching Art Law in the fall and Entertainment Law in the spring for the Law School.
Professor Burr teaches international law, intellectual property law, art law, entertainment law, and wills and trust. She regularly brings guest speakers, such as authors Tony Hillerman, Rudolfo Anaya, and Max Evans to enhance the learning in her classes. Further, students who study Art Law, Entertainment Law, and Intellectual Property with Burr have an opportunity to participate in the making of ARTS TALK, a weekly television show that Burr produces and hosts in Albuquerque, NM.
Books:
- Entertainment Law: Cases and Materials in Film, Television, and Music (2004, Thomson West)
- Entertainment Law Teacher's Manual (2004, Thomson West)
- Entertainment Law in a Nutshell (2004, Thomson West).
- Quick Review of International Law (2006, Thomson West)
- Sum and Substance Audio Book on International Law (2006, Thomson West)
- Entertainment Law in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition (2007, Thomson West)
- Wills and Trusts in a Nutshell 3rd Edition (with Mennell) (2007, Thomson West). In 2008, she published
- Sum & Substance Audio Book on Entertainment Law (2008, Thomson West),
- Supplement to Entertainment Law: Cases & Materials in Film, Television, and Music (2008, Thomson West)
- Quick Review of International Law 2nd Edition (2008, Thomson West).
Articles:
In addition to her books, Burr's article on Protecting Business Secrets in National and International Commerce published in the peer-reviewed Science Communications was considered ground-breaking for its empirical data analysis of the importance of trade secrets to the business community. Her chapter in the book Screening Justice won the 2007 New Mexico Press Women Award for best nonfiction book chapter. Burr has also written items for the general public. She has published travel articles on Alaska and New Mexico accompanied by her own photographs. From December 2000 until June 2003, she wrote a weekly column for the Albuquerque Tribune that includes analysis of politics, race, sports and entertainment. Burr's manuscript for Living with Nephew placed second in the 2006 Southwest Writers nonfiction book competition. Burr currently writes the Minding Finances for Writers column for the Southwest Sage.
Michael D. Murray
Education
J.D., Columbia Law School, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar (1990)
B.A., Loyola University (Maryland), Summa Cum Laude, Whelan Medal, Political Science Medal (1987)
Graduate Certificate (Chinese and Modern Chinese History), Fudan University, Shanghai, China (1986)
Background:
Associate Professor of Law, Valparaiso University School of Law
Director, Valparaiso Law London-Cambridge Program 2010
Visiting Professor, University of San Diego School of Law, Institute of International and Comparative Law,
Florence, Italy (2007, 2009)
Professor, University of Illinois College of Law (2002-2008)
Professor, Saint Louis University School of Law (1998-2002)
Associate, Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis, MO (1991-1998)
Law Clerk, U.S. District Judge John F. Nangle, E.D. Mo. and Chair, J.P.M.D.L. (1990-1991)
Research and Teaching Assistant, Professor and U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein, Columbia Law School (1988-
1989)
Research Assistant, Professor Louis Henkin, Columbia Law School (1988)
Courses Taught & Research Interests: Art Law, Civil Procedure, First Amendment and Censorship, International Art Law, International Civil Liberties: Freedom of Expression, Legal Profession (Professional Responsibility), Legal Research and Writing, Legal Writing and Reasoning, Rhetoric and Advocacy
Books (selected):
- The Deskbook of Art Law (Oxford Univ. Press 2009)
- Legal Research Methods (Interactive Text) (Foundation Press 2009) (with DeSanctis)
- Legal Writing and Analysis (Interactive Text) (Foundation Press 2009) (with DeSanctis)
- Legal Research and Writing Across the Curriculum: Problems and Exercises (Interactive Text) (Foundation Press 2009) (with DeSanctis)
- Advanced Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy: Trials, Appeals, and Moot Court (Interactive Text) (Foundation Press 2009) (with DeSanctis)
- The Law (In Plain English®) For Health Care Professionals (Sourcebooks/Sphinx 2008) (with DuBoff and King)
- Adversarial Legal Writing and Oral Argument (Foundation Press 2006) (with DeSanctis)
- Objective Legal Writing and Analysis (Foundation Press 2006) (with DeSanctis)
- Legal Research, Writing, ad Analysis (Foundation Press 2006) (with DeSanctis)
- Legal Research Methods (Foundation Press 2006) (with DeSanctis)
- Appellate Advocacy and Moot Court (Foundation Press 2006) (with DeSanctis)
Articles:
Copyright, Originality, and the End of the Scènes à Faire and Merger Doctrines for Visual Works, 58 Baylor L.
Rev. 779 (2006)
Communicating Explanatory Synthesis, 14 Persp. 136 (Spring 2006)
The Positive Pedagogy of Presentations to Partners, 21 Second Draft 11 (Dec. 2006)
Jurisdiction Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act for Nazi War Crimes of Plunder and Expropriation, 7
N.Y.U. J. Legis. & Pub. Pol’y 223 (2004)
Stolen Art and Sovereign Immunity: The Case of Altmann v. Austria, 27 Colum. J. L. & Arts 301 (2004)
Audience Directed Teaching: Presentation of Writing, Research and Analysis Just in Time, 18 Second Draft 14
(Dec. 2003)
