Timothy B. Dyk - The Education of a Federal Judge

An account of what it was like to practice and adjudicate law in modern America, detailing shifts within the legal profession, both private and public, in the United States since the 1960s.

List of contents

Foreword by Ambassador Tom Udall; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Family History; 3. Early Life and Schooling, 1937-61; 4. Clerking at the Supreme Court, 1961-63 ; 5. The Tax Division, 1963-64; 6. Wilmer Cutler, 1964-90; 7. Jones Day, 1990- 2000; 8. Reflections on Changes in the Legal Profession; 9. Becoming a Federal Judge, 1993-2000; 10. The Confirmation Process, 1998-2000: Selected Diary Entries; 11. Life as a Federal Judge, 2000-the Present; 12. Epilogue; Appendix; Index.

About the author

Timothy B. Dyk is Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Bill Davies is Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, American University, Washington, DC.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy B Dyk, Timothy B. Dyk
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2022
• EAN: 9781839987236
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-723-6
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Biography: general, LAW / Legal History, LAW / Legal Profession, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Lawyers & Judges, Legal History, Constitution: government & the state, Legal profession / practice of law: general