Richard Bierschbach

Richard A. Bierschbach
Dean of the Wayne State University Law School
Assumed office
August 17, 2017
Preceded by Jocelyn Benson
Personal details
Born Michigan, U.S.
Spouse(s) Carina Bierschbach
Children 2
Alma mater University of Michigan (B.A.)
University of Michigan School of Law (J.D.)

Richard A. Bierschbach is Dean and Professor of Law at Wayne State University Law School. He was appointed dean on August 17, 2017.[1]

Career

Bierschbach received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.[2] Afterwards, he was a law clerk for Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1997-98) and for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the Supreme Court of the United States (2000-01).[3] He served as an attorney-advisor for the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel as well as working as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General (1997-98). He also worked for three New York international law firms—Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (now WilmerHale), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.[1][4]

Bierschbach was a law professor at Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City, where he specialized in alternative sentencing, criminal law, and white-collar crime.[5][6] Bierschbach taught at Cardozo for 12 years beginning in 2003 as a visiting professor and was hired on a permanent basis in 2005.[7] He taught corporate and administrative law to upper-level students, and served as vice dean in 2015-16.[1][2]

Personal life

Bierschbach and his wife, Carina, have two children.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 University, Wayne State. "Richard A. Bierschbach - Wayne Law - Wayne State University". law.wayne.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  2. 1 2 Frank, Annalise (May 26, 2017). "UM law grad to take helm at Wayne State law school". Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  3. ↑ Laderman, Linda (August 2, 2017). "Eye to the Future: New Dean of Wayne law to map 5-year strategic plan". Oakland County Legal News. Detroit Legal News Publishing LLC. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Bio for Richard Bierschbach". Orrick law firm. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  5. ↑ Salam, Reihan (December 9, 2014). "Commentary: A conservative case for police reform". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  6. ↑ Rodgers, Grant (March 25, 2014). "Iowa officials wonder what's fair for juvenile felons". USA Today. Des Moines Register. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  7. ↑ Creswell, Julie (August 16, 2006). "F.B.I. Calls Ex-Comverse Chief a Fugitive, and Casts a Wide Net". New York Times. Retrieved November 30, 2017. Richard Bierschbach, an assistant professor at...Cardozo.

Selected publications

  • Bierschbach, Richard A. (2017). "Fragmentation and Democracy in the Constitutional Law of Punishment". Nw. U. L. Rev. 111 (6): 1437. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
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