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Maria L. Marcus (June 23, 1933 – April 27, 2022) was an American lawyer who served as a Joseph M. McLaughlin Professor of Law at Fordham University.[1]
Early life and family[edit]
Marcus was born as Maria Eleanor Erica Lenhoff on 23 June 1933 in Vienna, Austria in a Jewish family.[2] She received a bachelor's degree in English from Oberlin College in 1954 and law degree in 1957 from Yale Law School.[2] She was married to Norman Marcus.[2]
Career[edit]
Between 1961 and 1967, Marcus was an associate counsel for the NAACP.[3] From 1967 to 1978, she was an Assistant Attorney General.[2] In 1976, she became the chief of the office's litigation bureau where she worked until 1978.[2]
In 1978, she joined Fordham University as a professor and became the second woman to attain tenured full professor status.[2]
In 2011, she was retired as a professor.[3]
Publications[edit]
- Austria's Pre-War Brown v. Board of Education
- Foreword: Is There a Threat to Judicial Independence in the United States Today
- Policing Speech on the Airwaves: Granting Rights, Preventing Wrongs
- Learning Together: Justice Marshall's Desegregation Opinions
- Wanted: A Federal Standard for Evaluating the Adequate State Forum
- Federal Habeas Corpus After State Court Default: A Definition of Cause and Prejudice
- Conjugal Violence: The Law of Force and the Force of Law
References[edit]
- ^ Balquiedra, Marianna. "Maria L. Marcus". Fordham University.
- ^ a b c d e f Roberts, Sam (May 6, 2022). "Maria Marcus, Public Interest Lawyer and Mentor, Dies at 88". New York Times.
- ^ a b DeGregorio, Erin (April 28, 2022). "Fordham Law Mourns the Loss of Beloved Professor Maria L. Marcus". Fordham Law News.