Background
Farley, Robert Joseph was born on December 7, 1898 in Hernando, Mississippi, United States. Son of Leonard Jerome and Lilian (Lauderdale) Farley.
Farley, Robert Joseph was born on December 7, 1898 in Hernando, Mississippi, United States. Son of Leonard Jerome and Lilian (Lauderdale) Farley.
Bachelor of Arts Mississippi, 1919. Bachelor of Laws, University Mississippi, 1924. Doctor of Juridical Science, Yale University, 1932.
Principal high school, Canton, Mississippi, 1919-1920; principal high school, Natchez, Mississippi, 1920-1921; mayor, City of Oxford, Mississippi, 1923-1925; member firm, Somerville and Farley, Oxford, Mississippi, 1924-1929; private practice, 1929-1931; city attorney, City of Oxford, Mississippi, 1926-1931; assistant professor of law, University Mississippi, 1926-1930; professor of law, University Mississippi, 1932-1935; dean and professor of law, University Mississippi, 1946-1963; professor of law, Tulane University, 1935-1946; dean pro tem, Tulane University, 1942-1945; professor of law, University Florida, from 1963.
With United States Army, 1918. Member Mississippi Bar Association (president 1954-1955), Louisiana Bar Association (honorary), New Orleans Bar Association, American Law Institute, Louisiana Law Institute, Mississippi Economics Council (director), Order of Coif, Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Upsilon, Sigma Chi. M C.
Married Alice Lockard, September 7, 1928.