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Weisbard, Alan J. was born on September 21, 1950 in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Son of Ralph M. and Ruth (Oster) Weisbard.
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Alan J. Weisbard, American Law educator, consultant. Bar: District of Columbia 1978, United States District Court District of Columbia 1978, United States Court Appeals (5th and District of Columbia circuits) 1978, United States Court Appeals (7th circuit) 1992. National Science Foundation fellow Harvard University, 1972-1974, Francis Coker fellow Yale University, 1976-1977, Hastings Center fellow, Park Ridge Center senior fellowship.
Education
AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1972; postgraduate, Harvard University, 1972-1974; Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1977.
Career
Law clerk to Honorary Irving L. Goldberg, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit), Dallas, 1977-1978;
associate, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, Washington, 1978-1980;
assistant director legal studies, President's Commision on Ethics in Medicine & Research, Washington, 1980-1982;
assistant professor, Yeshiva U., New York City, 1982-1987;
executive director, New Jersey Bioethics Commission, Princeton, 1987-1990;
associate professor of law and medical ethics Schools of Law and Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1990;
associate professor Jewish studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Visiting assistant professor of University Wisconsin, Madison, spring 1987. Visiting lecturer Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, spring 1990.
Consultant National Institutes of Health, Washington, former Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, Washington, and others. Reviewer in field.
Membership
Past member joint commission on medical ethics Reconstructionist Federation. Member task force on bioethics, commission on law and social action American Jewish Congress. Member Center Jewish Studies Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.
Member American Society Law and Medicine, Harvard Club (vice president Wisconsin since 1997), Phi Beta Kappa, Coif.
Connections
Married Phyllis C. Holman, September 1, 1974;children: Talya, Ariel.
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National Science Foundation fellow Harvard University, 1972-1974, Francis Coker fellow Yale University, 1976-1977, Hastings Center fellow, Park Ridge Center senior fellowship.National Science Foundation fellow Harvard University, 1972-1974, Francis Coker fellow Yale University, 1976-1977, Hastings Center fellow, Park Ridge Center senior fellowship.