Background
Loper, Merle William was born on July 9, 1940 in Webster City, Iowa, United States. Son of Clifford Matthew and Alfrieda Sophia (Hiller) Loper.
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Merle William Loper
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Bachelor of Arts, Northwestern University, 1962; Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1965.
Career
Law clerk, United States District Court, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1965-1966;
attorney division civil rights, Department Justice, 1966-1969;
teaching fellow, Harvard University Law School, 1969-1971;
associate professor of law, University Maine, 1971-1975;
professor, U. Maine, since 1975. Visiting professor Shanghai Maritime U., 1988. Chief consultant Maine Probate Law Revision Commission, 1976-1981.
Consultant probate rules committee Maine Supreme Court,1980-1994. Executive secretary, counsel Maine Committee Judicial Responsibility and Disability, since 1983. Private practice civil rights litigation law Portland, Maine, 1975-1983.
Consultant on committee in public affairs and law, civil rights litigation. Consultant commission on court structure Maine Judicial Council, 1984-1985. Convocation scholar on constitution University of Southern Maine, 1987-1988.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Maine Civil Liberties Union., 1981-1982. Member legal panel Maine Civil Liberties Union, 1982-1983. Member American Bar Association.
Connections
Son of Clifford Matthew and Alfrieda Sophia (Hiller) L. M. Jean Allyn Kelley, October 7, 1967. 1 daughter, Kelley.
