Maria L. Marcus
Joseph M. McLaughlin Professor of Law, Emerita; Moot Court Board Moderator
Telephone: 212-636-6823
Email: mmarcus@law.fordham.edu
Faculty Assistant: Emma Mercer
Email: elmercer@law.fordham.edu
Bio
- Moderator, Fordham Law School Inter-School Moot Court Teams
- Dean's Medal of Recognition, Fordham Law School 2011
- Teacher of the Year from Fordham Law Students, 2001
- Joseph M. McLaughlin Chair, Emeritus
- Chief of Litigation Bureau, Attorney General of New York State, 1976-1978
- Assistant Attorney General of New York State, 1967-78
- Associate Counsel NAACP, 1961-1967
- Vice President, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1995-1996
Selected Publications
- Austria's Pre-War Brown v. Board of Education 32 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1 (2004) (lead article)
- (Panelist) "Allocating the Proceeds of Settlements: Looted Assets, Successor Interests, Recovered Properties and Settlement Funds." 25 Fordham International Law Journal 257-284 (2001) (with Daniel Jonah Goldhagen et al.).
- Foreword: Is There a Threat to Judicial Independence in the United States Today, 26 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1 (1998)
- Policing Speech on the Airwaves: Granting Rights, Preventing Wrongs, 15 Yale Law & Policy Rev. 447 (1997) (lead article)
- Learning Together: Justice Marshall's Desegregation Opinions, 61 Fordham L. Rev. 69 (1992)
- Wanted: A Federal Standard for Evaluating the Adequate State Forum, 50 Maryland L. Rev. 132 (1991)
- Federal Habeas Corpus After State Court Default: A Definition of Cause and Prejudice, 53 Fordham L. Rev. 663 (1985)
- Conjugal Violence: The Law of Force and the Force of Law, 69 California L. Rev. 1657 (1981)
Education
- Oberlin College, BA, 1954
- Yale Law School, JD, 1957