Background

Neisser, Eric Robert was born on October 17, 1947 in New York City. Son of Gerard Ernst and Rose (Gelernter) Neisser.

Education

Bachelor, University of Chicago, 1967; Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1972.

Career

Law clerk to chief judge, United States 1st Circuit Court, Portland, Maine., 1972-1973; appellate counsel, Massachusetts Defenders Comm., Boston, 1973-1974; staff attorney, Legal Aid Society/Prisoners' Rights Project, New York City, 1974-1976; assistant director, Prisoners' Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, New York City, 1976-1978; director, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit) Office of Staff Attorneys, San Francisco, 1980-1982; legal director, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, Newark, 1986-1989; professor of law, Rutgers University Law School, Newark, since 1978; associate dean, Rutgers University Law School, Newark, 1997-1998; acting dean, Rutgers University Law School, Newark, 1998-1999. Consultant in field, Newark, since 1990. Visiting professor Stanford University, California, 1982-1983.

Director Institute of International Comparative Law, Dublin, 1991, Oxford, England, 1997.

Achievements

• Eric Robert Neisser has been listed as a noteworthy law educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Recapturing the Spirit: Essays on the Bill of Rights at 200

    (The principles of the Bill of Rights are timeless, but th...)

  • (Recapturing the Spirit: Essays on the Bill of Rights at 200 ) Author: Eric Neisser Aug-1991
  • (Recapturing the Spirit: Essays on the Bill of Rights at 200 ) Author: Eric Neisser Aug-1991

Membership

Member American Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association (co-chairman independent rights 1988-1990), Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocation: racquetball.

Connections

Married Joan Ruth Lehrich, June 26, 1969. Children: Michelle Elaine, Yvette Suzanne.

Father:

Gerard Ernst Neisser

Mother:

Rose (Gelernter) Neisser

Spouse:

Joan Ruth Lehrich

child:

Yvette Suzanne Neisser

child:

Michelle Elaine Neisser