Joseph D. Kearney

For the American collegiate athletic administrator, see Joseph Kearney.
Joseph D. Kearney
Born
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma materYale University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
Scientific career
FieldsCivil Litigation
Appellate Practice
InstitutionsMarquette University
Law School

Joseph Dinneen Kearney is Dean and Professor of Law at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a scholar of civil litigation practice and procedure.

Biography

Kearney graduated valedictorian at St. Ignatius College Prep and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University in 1986 with a B.A. degree in classics.[1] He then went to Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. His 3L thesis was a study of the recusal of judges in medieval Europe.[2] After graduation, he clerked for Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and then began practicing in the litigation department of Sidley Austin's Chicago office. He left Sidley for one year to serve as a law clerk for Justice Antonin Scalia of the United States Supreme Court for the October 1995 term.[3]

Kearney has been a professor at the law school since 1997. He teaches courses in civil procedure and appellate practice, and his research focuses on regulated industries law.

Appointed as the ninth dean of Marquette Law School in 2003, Kearney leads a full-time faculty of 45 and a student body of 750.[4][5] In addition to teaching a class and administering the school, Kearney fundraises frequently for Eckstein Hall, the law school's new, $85 million home.[6] Father Robert Wild, S.J., the former president of the university secured a $51 million gift from Ray and Kay Eckstein for the project.[7]

Selected publications

See also

References

  1. ^ Faculty Bio of Joseph Kearney
  2. ^ Harvard Law Bulletin, Spring 2004.
  3. ^ Kearney, Joseph D. (February 18, 2016). "Opinion: Antonin Scalia's work will be long remembered". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  4. ^ Glauber, Bill (November 26, 2011). "Marquette Law School dean promotes idea marketplace". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  5. ^ Kearney, Joseph D. (August 24, 2018). "Opinion: For Brett Kavanaugh, just as for Elena Kagan". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. USA Today. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  6. ^ "MU opens new law school". Wisconsin Law Journal. August 31, 2010. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  7. ^ "Couple give $51 million to Marquette". Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-21.