Background
Foster, Frances H. was born on December 8, 1955 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Charles Heriot-Watt University and Barbara (Duchaine) Foster.
Foster, Frances H. was born on December 8, 1955 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Charles Heriot-Watt University and Barbara (Duchaine) Foster.
AB, Princeton University, 1977. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1981. Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1981.
Doctor of Juridical Science, Stanford University, 1987.
Mellon postdoctoral fellow in Russian/East European studies Stanford University, 1986-1987. Visiting scholar Hoover Institution, Stanford, California, 1987-1988. Lecturer Stanford Law School, 1986-1988.
Associate professor law Washington University, St. Louis, 1988-1994, professor law, 1994—2005, Edward T. Foote II professor law, since 2005. Research fellow Harvard Law School E. Asian Legal Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1992-1993, 97-2000. Fellow Harvard University Russian Research Center, 1992-1993.
Visiting professor Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, 1996, University Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, 2002. Member advisory board Columbia University Parker School Journal East European Law, since 1993.
Member American Bar Association (task force on Cuban technical assistance 1993-1994), American Society Comparative Law (board directors since 1993), American Association for Advancement of Slavic Studies, Association for Asian Studies, Council on Foreign Relations (St. Louis committee), World Affairs Council, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Lynn M. LoPucki, June 7, 1996.