Jerome Prince (legal scholar)
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Brooklyn Law School (LLB, SJD)
Jerome Prince | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 26, 1907 |
| Died | December 24, 1988 (aged 81) |
| Education | City College of New York (BA) Brooklyn Law School (LLB, SJD) |
Jerome Prince (August 26, 1907 - December 24, 1988)[1] was an American attorney, academic administrator, mystery writer, and legal scholar who served as the Dean of Brooklyn Law School from 1953 to 1971.[2][3] He was a well-known evidence scholar.[4]
Prince was born in Manhattan, New York, and had three brothers.[2] His father was alternately a tobacco salesman, an elevator operator and a taxicab driver. He graduated from the City College of New York, cum laude, where he was Phi Beta Kappa. He earned two degrees at Brooklyn Law School, an LLB in 1933 and a Doctor of Juridical Science in 1934. He was Editor in Chief of the Brooklyn Law Review during his senior year.
Career
He joined the faculty at Brooklyn Law School in 1934. He was named assistant dean in 1940 and vice dean in 1945 before becoming Dean in 1953. After retiring, Prince remained on the faculty, continuing to teach the law of evidence, his specialty, until his death in 1988.[2][5][6]
The Dean Jerome Prince Evidence Competition is an annual competition hosted by Brooklyn Law School.[7][8] Participants write an appellate brief and then present an oral argument on an evidentiary issue in a contemporary context.[7][9]
