ROBERT J. REINSTEIN Clifford Scott Green Professor of Law Temple University Beasley School of Law 1719 N. Broad St. Philadelphia
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ROBERT J. REINSTEIN Clifford Scott Green Professor of Law Temple University Beasley School of Law 1719 N. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19122 Voice: (215) 204-7855 Fax: (215) 204-5480 E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION: Cornell University B.S. with distinction, 1965 Dean’s List, 1962-1964 Major: Engineering Physics Received John McMullen Scholarship Harvard University School of Law J.D. cum laude, 1968 Harvard Legal Aid Society Received Felix Frankfurter Scholarship PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Clifford Scott Green Professor of Law 2009-present The James E. Beasley School of Law 1969-present Assistant Professor 1969-1972; Associate Professor 1972-1973; Professor 1973-present. I have taught courses in Constitutional Law, Political and Civil Rights, Federal Jurisdiction, Jurisprudence, Employment Discrimination, Japanese Constitutional Law, East-West Negotiations and wrote law review articles in those areas. I chaired the Law School Admissions Committee and helped develop a broad-based, inclusive admissions program that is still in place. In 2009, I was the first person appointed to hold the endowed faculty chair named in honor of Judge Clifford Scott Green. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Vice President, Dean and Professor of Law The James E. Beasley School of Law 1989-2008 As a University Vice President, my primary responsibility was to oversee Temple’s international programs. The Deans of Temple University Japan (TUJ) and Temple Rome reported to me, as did the Office of International Programs. TUJ has approximately 1,600 students in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka, with undergraduate and graduate degree-granting programs in liberal arts, business, education and law. It is the first foreign branch campus recognized as a university by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Temple Rome provides semester-abroad and summer programs in art, art history, liberal arts, business and law to about 600 American students each year. My other major responsibility as a Vice President was to participate on the University Budget Review Committee, which I chaired from 1994-1996. As Dean of the Beasley School of Law, I was responsible for administering a law school with 62 full-time and 125 part-time faculty and about 1,250 Juris Doctor and Masters of Law students. The major accomplishments of the Law School during my tenure as dean include: • External Funding: The law school received over $100 million in gifts and grants (cash receipts excluding pledges). The law school’s endowment increased from $4 million to over $60 million. • Faculty: Fourteen new faculty chairs and professorships were established (11 endowed by the law school and two by the University). Policies for faculty support (summer research grants, leaves and merit salary increases) were instituted. Members of the law faculty received numerous awards for teaching, scholarship and contributions to the profession. • Students: The academic credentials of the entering class increased continuously, with the median LSAT for Fall 2007 in the 85th percentile. Over 70 new endowed scholarships were established. A new public interest fellowship program was also established. The job placement consistently rated in excess of 90%. • Facilities: The law school’s facilities were expanded and modernized by creating a “smart” conference center (Shusterman Hall, dedicated 1997); an addition for classrooms and administrative offices (Barrack Hall, dedicated 2002); and complete renovations of the main law school building, Klein Hall, including the Law Library. The law school was also computerized by establishing student computer labs and 15 “smart” classrooms; online library, admissions, registration, financial aid, career planning and development systems; laptop loaner program for students; and computers and Internet access for all faculty, administrators and staff. • New Academic Programs: • The Integrated Trial Advocacy Program (established 1991), combines the teaching of evidence, trial advocacy and professional responsibility; this program was supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Education and the William Penn Foundation, and received the American Bar Association’s E. Smythe Gambrell Award for Contributions to Professionalism and the American College of Trial Lawyers’ Emil Gumpert Award. The trial advocacy program is regularly rated in the top three in the country by U.S. News & World Reports and other rankings, and the law school trial team won the national championship three times. • The Masters in Trial Advocacy (established 1993) is the only graduate law program in the country in this field. • The Integrated Transactional Representation Program (established 1994) combines the teaching of trusts and estates, professional responsibility and interviewing, negotiating, counseling and drafting; the program was supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Education, William Penn Foundation and the American Council of Trusts and Estates Counsel; it has been featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Journal of Legal Education. • The semester abroad program for U.S. law students and a Masters of Law program for Japanese students at Temple University Japan (established 1994) were the first such programs offered by any American law school in Asia. • A new, completely revamped legal research and writing program (established 1996) is taught by full-time faculty who specialize in the discipline. The Law School’s legal research and writing program is ranked #4 in the nation by U.S. News. • The Masters in Transnational Law (established 1998) is a graduate program in which students study private and public international law at the main campus and at the law school’s campuses in Tokyo, Rome, Athens and Tel Aviv. The Law School’s program in International Law is ranked #16 by U.S. News. • The Masters of Law Program for Chinese students in Beijing (established 1999) is the first foreign law degree-granting program in the history of China. This program, operated in partnership with Tsinghua University, has had five classes including judges, prosecutors, government officials, law professors, Tibetan and other minorities, and attorneys from the private sector. The program also includes special educational training for judges and prosecutors, and we have been invited to provide educational training to the National Peoples Congress. The program has received funding from the Starr Foundation, Luce Foundation, Trace Foundation, General Motors, DuPont, Microsoft, ExxonMobile, Alcoa, Diginexus, Coudert Bros., CIGNA, Caterpillar and Whitehall Int’l. It has been endorsed publicly by President Jiang Zemin and Secretary of State Colin Powell. This program also received the first federal rule of law grant for a university program in China. In 2002, I received the National Friendship Award from the Prime Minister of China for this program. • In 2004, Temple University Japan became the first branch campus of a foreign university to be recognized by the Japanese Ministry of Education. • In 2005, 2006 and 2007, semester abroad and faculty exchange programs were instituted with law schools in China, Ireland, Israel, South Africa, Holland and Hungary. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY University Counsel and Professor of Law 1982-1989 As University Counsel, I was the chief legal officer for Temple University and advised the Board of Trustees, President and other University officials on all legal matters. I created and supervised an in-house legal office of six attorneys and seven support staff which assumed responsibility for all litigation and transactional work involving the University, including its Hospital, in such areas as corporate law, tax, intellectual property, medical malpractice, health care reimbursement, commercial litigation, gender equity in athletics, employment practices, labor relations and trusts and estates. The office also coordinated the University’s representation before Congress and federal agencies. Major transactional projects included constructing a $100 million teaching hospital, cabling the campuses for telecommunications and computers, establishing a joint venture to create a campus in Tokyo, and developing new programs for technology transfer and risk management. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Chief, General Litigation Section 1979-1980 Senior Attorney, Appellate Section 1977-1978 Civil Rights Division As Chief of the General Litigation Section, I headed the litigation section of the Civil Rights Division responsible for enforcing federal civil rights laws in the areas of education, housing and credit. I supervised 45 attorneys and 30 support staff and was responsible for a litigation docket of more than 700 cases. The Section initiated significant cases in each area of responsibility. Major cases included joint education-housing desegregation case involving Yonkers, N.Y.; lawsuit against Texas for denying schooling to children of illegal aliens; several statewide higher education desegregation cases; first case seeking class-wide relief under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act; and Fair Housing Act case against the City of Parma, Ohio. I also represented the United States before the Courts of Appeals and assisted the Solicitor General's office before the Supreme Court in civil rights cases in the areas of employment, education, insurance and voting. Major cases included the Steelworkers and Detroit Police affirmative action cases; the Columbus, Dayton and Seattle school desegregation cases; the Tennessee higher education desegregation case; and the Dallas voting rights case. I received Meritorious