Background
Bard, Robert Leonard was born on August 7, 1931 in Brooklyn. Son of Abraham Joseph and Frances (Lewis) Bard.
Bard, Robert Leonard was born on August 7, 1931 in Brooklyn. Son of Abraham Joseph and Frances (Lewis) Bard.
Bachelor of Arts with highest honors, University of Michigan, 1952; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1955; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1959; Juris Scientiae Doctor, University of Chicago, 1970.
Law clerk to presiding justice, United States Court Appeals 3d circuit, 1960; associate, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, 1960; attorney advisor, Agency for International Development, 1960-1963; regional legal advisor to Pakistan and Afghanistan, Agency for International Development, 1963-1965; assistant director capital development, Agency for International Development, Buenos Aires, 1966; consultant, Agency for International Development, 1967, 76; law professor, U. Iowa, 1967-1968; associate professor, U. Connecticut, Hartford, 1968-1971; professor, U. Connecticut, since 1971. Consultant Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), 1975.
Member American Society International Law, Society of America Law Teachers, American Association of University Professors (chairman academy freedom committee), American Civil Liberties Union (counsel academy freedom committee), American Society Political and Legal Philosophy, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Barbara Fink, August 9, 1953. Children– Jennifer, Walter, Eliot.