| נשלח ב-26/8/2005 17:24 |
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א נייע ראש ישיבה אין Hofstra University
 מצורף קובץI am pleased to announce the appointment of Aaron D. Twerski as the next Dean of the Hofstra University School of Law. Professor Twerski, who was selected after an extensive national search, will replace Interim Dean Alan Resnick on July 1, 2005. Professor Twerski, who is currently the Newell DeValpine Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, served as a member of Hofstra's Law School faculty from 1972 until 1986.
Professor Twerski is an ideal choice to lead our excellent law school to even greater stature. He is a nationally and internationally renowned scholar and a revered teacher, who possesses tremendous energy, leadership ability, enthusiasm and integrity. Professor Twerski will bring to this position the unique combination of an in-depth knowledge of our Law School and many of its alumni, as well as the perspectives on legal education that he acquired in teaching at several other distinguished institutions.
Professor Twerski is a prolific scholar of international renown who is the co-reporter for the American Law Institute's Restatement of Torts Third: Products Liability, for which he received the prestigious designation of "R. Ammi Cutter Reporter" for his outstanding performance. He is the author of five books and more than 70 articles in scholarly journals about torts, products liability and conflict of laws. A professor of law at Brooklyn Law School since 1986, he previously taught at our University where he also served as interim dean from 1977-78 and as associate dean from 1975-77. He also taught at Duquesne University School of Law from 1967-71.
Professor Twerski has been a visiting professor at Cornell Law School, Boston University and the University of Michigan. A teaching fellow at Harvard School of Law from 1966-67, he was a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division - Honors Program, 1965-66. He holds a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Marquette University, where he was the student editor of the Marquette Law Review. In addition, Professor Twerski has an A.B. in Talmudic Law from Beth Medrash Elyon Talmudic Research Institute and attended Ner Israel Rabbinical College.
He received a Bachelor of Science in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he was a member of the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor fraternity.
I thank Professor Alan Resnick for his dedicated service as interim dean during this academic year. We are fortunate that Dean Resnick has been and continues to be a leading faculty member at our University. I also thank the search committee, chaired by Provost Herman A. Berliner, and comprised of members of the faculty, administration, and trustees. The committee interviewed nine candidates and recommended three impressive finalists. Dean Twerski will report to Provost Herman A. Berliner who reports directly to me.
Please join with me and Provost Berliner in welcoming back Aaron Twerski and wishing him well in his new role as Dean.
http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/law/law_dean_twerski.cfm
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| נשלח ב-26/8/2005 17:28 |
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האסט אויסגעלאזט דעם דאטום Febuary 15 2005 !
דאס איז איבער 6 חדשים אלט נישט קיין נייעס
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| נשלח ב-26/8/2005 18:11 |
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Rabbi Aaron Twerski will become the dean from Hofstra University School of Law
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW WELCOMES NEW DEAN
Hofstra Law to Host Academic Convocation to Install Dean Aaron D. Twerski
Click Here for Invitation
Hofstra University School of Law is proud to host a convocation to celebrate the installation of Aaron D. Twerski as Dean. The event will be held on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse at Hofstra University.
The convocation will include a keynote address by Judge Judith S. Kaye, Chief Judge of the State of New York. In addition, Dean Twerski's co-author and friend, James A, Henderson, Jr., the Frank B. Ingersoll Professor at Cornell Law School, will deliver remarks. Judges, politicians, scholars and Hofstra Law friends are expected to be in attendance, as well as members of the Hofstra Law community. A reception will follow.
Aaron Twerski first served the Hofstra Law School community as a faculty member as well as Interim and Associate Dean from 1972 through 1986. He is known as a scholar of international renown in torts and liability, and an esteemed professor. During the past 30 years, he has held the positions of professor, distinguished professor, teaching fellow and visiting professor at many of the country's most prestigious law schools, including Harvard, Cornell, and University of Michigan. His scholarship includes several definitive textbooks and numerous significant publications. Together with years of knowledge and expertise, Dean Twerski brings an unparalleled level of enthusiasm and energy to Hofstra Law School.
Hofstra Law School was founded in 1970 and is accredited by the ABA, boasting an alumni body of more than 7,500 graduates. The school is located on campus at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. In addition to its full-time juris doctor (J.D.) degree program, Hofstra Law School offers part-time day and evening J.D. programs as well as graduate degree programs in international law and American legal studies.
Hofstra Law School was one of the first in the country to embrace clinical education, representation of real clients under close supervision of faculty, and currently boasts seven student clinics. In addition, Hofstra offers 28 courses in skills training, 18 family law courses and 28 international law courses. The School of Law hosts distinguished legal scholars and judges, major symposia including a nationally renowned ongoing series on legal ethics, national conferences and CLE programs. Hofstra Law School is home to many centers of excellence, including: The Center for Children, Families and the Law; The Center for Legal Advocacy; the Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics, the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation, among many others.
The mission of the School of Law is to provide highly qualified students an opportunity to develop the intellectual and practical skills needed to excel in the practice of law; to learn a variety of basic and specialized areas of law; to understand American and other legal systems; to understand their professional responsibilities and be instrumental in the development and the improvement of the legal system. It also promotes the development of knowledge about the law and legal system through scholarly activities, research and publication by the faculty; and promotes activities to improve the profession.
Hofstra Law School faculty consists of approximately 45 talented men and women who have attained academic distinction and prominence, ranging from groundbreaking scholars and trainers to leading national experts, in their chosen disciplines. Additionally, Law School students benefit from a variety of talented adjunct and legal writing professors.
http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/Law/law_convocation.cfm
תוקן על ידי - Mench - 26/08/2005 18:11:15
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| נשלח ב-26/8/2005 20:24 |
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Yechi Adoneinu Moreinu V'Rabbeinu Melech m'Hofstra University L'Olam Va'ed
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| נשלח ב-26/8/2005 20:29 |
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Rabbi Aron Twerski is also renowned in the torah world as a great talmid chochom. He is the granchild of The Bobover Rebbe the Kdishas Tzion Z"l
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| נשלח ב-26/8/2005 20:36 |
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פראפעסאר הרב אהרן טווערסקי איז א אייניקל פון הייליגער קדושת ציון מבאבוב.
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| נשלח ב-26/8/2005 20:40 |
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עס איז אין מיין אפיניען א געוואלדיגע זאך אז א היימישע חסידישע איד ווערט די "דין" פין א LAW SCHOOL ווי HOFSTRA. וואס די צוויי ברודער ר' אברהם אין ר' אהרן טווערסקי האבן באוויזן איז נישט צום גלייבן.
אפשר וועלן חסידישע אידן האבן זכות קדימה ביי די ADMISSIONS.
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| נשלח ב-26/8/2005 20:41 |
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Dean and Professor of Law
A.B., Beth Medrash Elyon Talmudic Research Institute
B.S., University of Wisconsin
J.D., Marquette University School of Law
Dean Twerski is a preeminent authority in the areas of products liability and tort law. He was co-reporter for the American Law Institute?s Restatement of the Law (Third) Torts: Products Liability, published in 1998. For his distinguished performance as a reporter, the ALI named him the R. Ammi Cutter Reporter. He is a prolific scholar, having published dozens of law review articles on torts and products liability law. Among his recent articles are those published in the Yale Law Journal, Cornell Law Review, New York University Law Review, Northwestern University Law Review, and the Georgetown Law Journal. He is also the author of the leading textbook, Products Liability: Problems and Process (4th ed. 2000) (with J. Henderson, Jr.). His expertise has been widely called upon by state and federal legislative bodies considering product liability and mass tort legislation, and he is a frequent lecturer to the practicing bar.
After serving as interim dean at Hofstra University School of Law, where he taught for many years, Dean Twerski taught at Brooklyn Law School as a distinguished professor. He also taught at Duquesne University School of Law and was a visiting professor at Cornell, Boston University, and the University of Michigan law schools. His background also includes a teaching fellowship at Harvard Law School, and work as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in its Civil Rights Division.
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| נשלח ב-28/8/2005 16:05 |
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http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/341148p-291328c.html
Hofstra's new dean - & 'rabbi'
BY LISA MUÑOZ
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
For 30 prestigious generations, the men in Aaron Twerski's family became rabbis. But for his career, he chose the law.
But taking the literal sense of the word "rabbi" - it means teacher - he became a rabbi after all.
Since earning his law degree in 1965, Twerski has taught at Hofstra University School of Law and other law schools, including Harvard, Cornell and the University of Michigan.
On Tuesday, Twerski, 66, will officially become the new dean of Hofstra University School of Law, making him the first Hasidic Jew to be dean of an American law school.
"When I tried to get into the teaching profession, I faced pretty substantial discrimination," he said. "I was told quite directly that it was because of the way that I was dressed."
Judges, politicians, scholars and colleagues are expected to attend the convocation, which will include a keynote address by state Chief Judge Judith Kaye.
Twerski's goals for the law school include expanding programs in business litigation, family law and international law.
When Twerski began his career, lawmakers were just beginning to write some of today's seminal consumer protection laws. He is credited with helping to shape the legal landscape of product liability law.
Over his 40-year legal career, Twerski has become a national expert in tort law. His extensive writing about the topic include 60 law review articles, five books and a tome he co-wrote that has become the de facto guide used by courts and judges in product liability lawsuits.
"I've always had a love for tort law that may have been spurred by my background in Talmudic law," he said. "It's something that all of us come into contact on a daily basis.
"We've all had some issue of personal injury," he said.
Twerski said that how the legal system changes medical malpractice, bankruptcy, product liability and civil rights laws in coming years "will be the test of the humanity of our society."
A descendant of two influential rabbinical lines, Twerski also is ordained as a rabbi. He is the first man not to become a practicing rabbi and the first lawyer in his family.
An older, now deceased brother and Twerski's twin became rabbis, but younger brothers followed his nonconformity, choosing accounting and psychiatry.
Still, Twerski, who has children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren with his wife of 45 years, Kreindel, said his religious and Talmudic background is an ongoing influence on his legal career and his personal life.
Twerski also has become another kind of rabbi, acting as the unofficial ombudsman for his Borough Park Hasidic community. On a typical night, Twerksi counsels people at his home until 1 a.m. on everything from rental disputes to hospital billing errors to family legal issues.
"My friends joke about that, saying, 'You started off as a law professor and ended up as a rabbi,'" he said.
Despite his new post, Twerski will still spend time in the classroom, teaching one course a year. He'll also be busy with his commitments outside work, which include spots on the boards of Maimonides Hospital, Agudas Israel - which represents the interests of the U.S. Hasidic community - and Mishkon.
"I have a sign on my desk that says no," he said, "but it faces the other direction and it doesn't seem to do any good."
Originally published on August 28, 2005
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| נשלח ב-29/8/2005 17:32 |
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is it good for the Jews?
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| נשלח ב-29/8/2005 17:49 |
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Why are you skeptical? Explain your reservations.
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| נשלח ב-29/8/2005 18:27 |
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I have none, I'm just asking
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| נשלח ב-29/8/2005 20:10 |
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I think it is very good. Just my personal opinion. I don't see any reason why chasidishe yiden should refrain from becoming proffesors or deans for that matter.
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| נשלח ב-30/8/2005 00:44 |
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i agree personally, (I'm a college grad myself) - but i heard a maaseh that the Satmar Ruv, zy"a told the brother Rav Abraham J Twersky that he would promise him olam haba if he would only take off the chassidishe levush - because he was scared that other chassidishe yidden would follow suit to university etc
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