Barbara Aronstein Black
Born (1933-05-06) May 6, 1933 (age 90)
Borough Park, New York, U.S.
Education
Occupation(s)Law professor, academic

Barbara Aronstein Black (born 1933)[1] is an American legal scholar. Born and raised in Brooklyn. She was the first woman to serve as dean of an Ivy League law school.[2] when she became Dean of Columbia Law School in 1986.[3][4] Black is the George Wellwood Murray Professor of Legal History at Columbia.[5]

Life and career

Black received her B.A. from Brooklyn College in 1953,[6] her LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1955, and a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1975.[7] While at Law School, she was editor of the Columbia Law Review.[8]

Black was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1989 and a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1991.[1][9] She was also for two years president of the American Society for Legal History.[7]

Black's work has been concentrated in the area of contracts and legal history. She is a recipient of the Elizabeth Blackwell Award[10] and of the Federal Bar Association Prize of Columbia Law School.[11]

Barbara Black is the widow of constitutional scholar and civil rights pioneer Charles Black,[5] with whom she had three children, two sons and a daughter.[12][3] She left Academia for a time to focus on raising her children, and returned in 1965.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
  2. ^ Kleiman, Carol (March 9, 1987). "More women practice law, but barriers remain". Chicago Tribune.
  3. ^ a b "Biography · Barbara Aronstein Black · ABA Women Trailblazers Project". abawtp.law.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  4. ^ "Winning due credit for life experience". Milwaukee Journal. January 6, 1986.
  5. ^ a b McFadde, Robert (May 8, 2001). "Charles L. Black Jr., 85, constitutional law expert who wrote on impeachment, dies". New York Times.
  6. ^ Moss, Michael (6 June 1988). "Challenge rules, roles, new graduates told". Newsday.
  7. ^ a b "Faculty Profiles - Barbara Aronstein Black". Columbia Law School. Archived from the original on 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
  8. ^ "Barbara A. Black". www.law.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  9. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  10. ^ "The Blackwell Award". Hobart and William Smith College.
  11. ^ "HWS: Barbara Aronstein Black". Hobart and William Smith College.
  12. ^ "Some memories of Charles L. Black, Jr". Yale Law Journal. June 1, 2002.
  13. ^ "Woman in the News: Barbara Aronstein Black; Incoming Law School Dean with 2 Careers". The New York Times. 1986-01-02. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-15.

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Academic offices Preceded byBenno C. Schmidt Jr. Dean of Columbia Law School 1986–1991 Succeeded byLance Liebman


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