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| The Louisiana Bar Foundation recently honored LSU Law Professor William E. Crawford of Baton Rouge as the 2003 Distinguished Professor at its Annual Fellows Dinner in New Orleans. Recognition is given to those who have distinguished themselves in their chosen professions and have brought credit and honor to the legal profession. Crawford is the James J. Bailey Professor of Law at the LSU Law Center. He has served in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force. He received his undergraduate degree and his juris doctorate from LSU, where he was editor-in-chief of the Louisiana Law Review. In 1955, he began law practice with the Chaffe McCall law firm in New Orleans, where he became a partner in 1962. He served two terms as secretary-treasurer of the Louisiana State Bar Association, from 1961-63. In 1965, he returned to the LSU Law School as assistant dean and associate professor of law, achieving the rank of professor in 1971. He revised volumes 10, 11 and 12 of West's LSA Code of Civil Procedure, "The Formulary." He has edited the one-volume Code of Civil Procedure for West Publishing Company each year since 1982. In 1976, he was the co-translator of the New Code of Civil Procedure in France. He has appeared regularly since 1971 with the LSU Law School CLE program. Since 1978, he has been director of the Louisiana State Law Institute. In 1996, he was a principal expert witness before the Legislature in his capacity as professor of tort law for the Revision of Tort Law under Governor Foster's administration. He authored the Louisiana Civil Law Treatise, volume 12, Louisiana Tort Law in 2000, and has received the award as the Louisiana Bar Foundation's 2003 Distinguished Professor. - 30 - |
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