The James D. Hopkins Chair in Law and Memorial Lecture
The James D. Hopkins Chair in Law is an endowed Chair established
with contributions from alumni/ae of the School of Law and members
of the legal community to honor Judge James D. Hopkins in his
lifetime and now honors his memory. The title of James D. Hopkins
Professor of Law is held by a distinguished member of the faculty
for a two-year term in recognition of outstanding scholarship and
teaching. The Hopkins Lecture is delivered by the honoree in the
fall semester of the first year.
Judge James D. Hopkins' service to society and to the legal
community was a shining example of the life one should live in the
law. At the time of his retirement from the Appellate Division of
the New York Supreme Court in December, 1981, he had served with
distinction at the highest level of all three branches of the
Westchester County Government: legislative, executive and judicial.
A lifelong resident of Westchester County, Judge Hopkins began
his legal career as an associate with Strang & Taylor and later
became partner of Bleakley, Platt and Walker, now known as Bleakley
Platt & Schmidt. In 1954, he became County Executive of
Westchester County following a one-year term as majority leader of
the Westchester County Board of Supervisors which he also served as
Chairman from 1952_1953. Judge Hopkins was Councilman and later Town
Supervisor of the Town of North Castle. On appointment by Governor
Nelson Rockefeller, Judge Hopkins served on the New York State
Supreme Court, 9th Judicial District, a post to which he was
subsequently elected, in 1960, for a 14_year term. He joined the
Appellate Division, Second Department, in 1962.
Pace University School of Law owes a special debt to Judge
Hopkins. He served as Interim Dean at a critical time in its
development, from 1982 - 1983, and served as Honorary Chair of its
Board of Visitors. We are honored to have our first Chair in Law
bear his name.
Previous James D. Hopkins Professors
2002 Professor Donald Doernberg
The New Federalism: Sovereign Immunity or the Rule of Law
1999 Jeffrey G. Miller
Evolutionary Statutory Interpretation or Mr. Justice Scalia Meets
Darwin, Dean Ottinger, and Various Theories of Memes, Ecology,
Complexity, and the Common Law.
1997 James J. Fishman
Tenure and Its Discontents.
1995 M. Stuart Madden
The Vital Common Law: Its Role in a Statutory Age.
1993 John A. Humbach
Property Rights, Takings and Justice in a Democracy.
1991 Nicholas A. Robinson
Emerging Earth Law.
1990 Maurice Rosenberg
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