Background
Fischer, Thomas Covell was born on May 2, 1938 in Cincinnati. Son of Vilas Uber and Elizabeth Mary (Holland) Fischer.
consultant lawyer writer legal educator
Fischer, Thomas Covell was born on May 2, 1938 in Cincinnati. Son of Vilas Uber and Elizabeth Mary (Holland) Fischer.
Bachelor of Arts Cincinnati, 1960. Postgraduate, University Washington, 1962. Postgraduate, Loyola University, Chicago, 1966.
Juris Doctor, Georgetown University, 1966.
Assistant director University Illinois, Chicago, 1964-1966. Assistant dean Georgetown University Law Center, 1966-1972. Consultant Antioch School Law, 1972-1973.
Assistant executive director American Bar Foundation, Chicago, 1974-1976. Associate dean, professor law University Dayton, 1976-1978. Dean, professor law New England School Law, Boston, 1978—1981, professor, 1981—2003, professor emeritus, since 2003.
Distinguished academy in residence Seattle University Law School, 2003—2009. Senior fellow Center Global Justice, since 2009. Visiting scholar, Cambridge, 1991, Exeter, 91, Edinburgh, 91, Konstanz University, 1993, Muenster University, 1993, University Auckland, 1996.
Fellow Institute Advanced Legal Studies, University London, English Inns of Court, 1997. Visiting fellow Wolfson College, Cambridge, England, 1997. Senior visiting fellow, Master of Laws program University Southampton Law Faculty, 2001, senior visiting tutor, 02.
Consultant in field.
Author: Due Process in the Student/Institutional Relationship, 1970. Author: (with Duscha) The Campus Press: Freedom and Responsibility, 1973. Author: (with Zenhle) Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning, 1977, Legal Education, Law Practice and the Economy: A New England Study, 1990, The Europeanization of America: What Americans Need to Know About the European Union, 1996, The United States, the European Union, and the Globilization of World Trade: Allies or Adversaries?, 2000.
Author: Quick Review of Conflict of Laws, 4th edition, 2009, What's Wrong With Globalization!?, 2009, Sum & Substance Civil Defense Conflict of Laws, 2008.
Project director Commission Legal Education and Practice and Economic New England. Fellow: Inns of Court. Member: Phi Alpha Theta, Pi Delta Epsilon, Delta Theta Phi.
Married Katherine Brenda Andrew, September 29, 1972.