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Charles Edward Clark
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
Charles Edward Clark , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Charles Edward Clark (December 9, 1889 – December 13, 1963) was the 5th Dean of Yale Law School, a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and "the principal draftsman" of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Education
- Yale CollegeB.A., 1911
- Yale Law SchoolLL.B., 1913
Career
Private practice, New Haven, Connecticut, 1913-1919; State representative, Connecticut, 1917-1918; Professor of law, Yale Law School, 1919-1929; Deputy judge, Hamden [Connecticut] Town Court, 1927-1931; Sterling professor of law and dean, Yale Law School, 1929-1939; Special assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1938; Visiting lecturer in law, Yale University, 1951-1963; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1954-1959
Biography
Charles Edward Clark (December 9, 1889 – December 13, 1963) was the 5th Dean of Yale Law School, a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and "the principal draftsman" of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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