Livingston Hall
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Livingston Hall was most notably the Roscoe Pound
Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
. He graduated from Harvard Law in 1927 before working in private practice and as a US Attorney. Hall returned to Harvard and began teaching in 1932. He retired in 1971.
During World War II
, Hall served in the Army as a lieutenant colonel
. He received the Congressional Medal of Freedom in 1946. In 1985, the ABA
established the Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award due to Hall's efforts in the area of juvenile law.
During Hall's career, he participated in a number of committees and studies. A collection of over 3000 papers has been assembled and made available for study. http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~law00110 http://academic.lexisnexis.com/upa/upa-product.aspx?pid=1062&type=AS&parentid=1056
Hall was married to Elizabeth Blodgett Hall
, founder of Simon's Rock College.
Roscoe Pound
Nathan Roscoe Pound was a distinguished American legal scholar and educator. He was Dean of Harvard Law School from 1916 to 1936...
Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
. He graduated from Harvard Law in 1927 before working in private practice and as a US Attorney. Hall returned to Harvard and began teaching in 1932. He retired in 1971.
During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Hall served in the Army as a lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...
. He received the Congressional Medal of Freedom in 1946. In 1985, the ABA
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...
established the Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award due to Hall's efforts in the area of juvenile law.
During Hall's career, he participated in a number of committees and studies. A collection of over 3000 papers has been assembled and made available for study. http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~law00110 http://academic.lexisnexis.com/upa/upa-product.aspx?pid=1062&type=AS&parentid=1056
Hall was married to Elizabeth Blodgett Hall
Elizabeth Blodgett Hall
Elizabeth Blodgett Hall was raised in Great Barrington, Massachusetts at a time when upper-class people fled there in order to avoid the economic pressures of the Great Depression....
, founder of Simon's Rock College.