Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr.

Geoffrey Cornell Hazard Jr. (September 18, 1929 – January 11, 2018) was an American legal scholar who was Trustee Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he taught from 1994 to 2005, and the Thomas E. Miller Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of California's Hastings College of the Law. He was also Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale Law School.

Biography Hazard was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Kirkwood, Missouri.

He taught at U.C. Berkeley's Boalt Hall and at the University of Chicago Law School.

From 1980 to 1981 he also served as the 2nd Dean of the Yale School of Management, succeeding the former SEC Chairman and US Under Secretary of State, Bill Donaldson, who was the inaugural Dean.

He has been granted honorary doctor of law degrees by Gonzaga University (1985), University of San Diego (1985), Swarthmore College (1988), Illinois Institute of Technology (1990), Nova University (1992), and Republica Italiana (faculta di Urbino) (1998).

Books Research in Civil Procedure (1963; Walter E. Meyer Research Institute of Law) Law in a Changing America (1968; editor) Quest for Justice (1973; editor, American Bar Association) Going to Law School? (1974; editor, with Thomas Ehrlich) Civil Procedure (5th ed. 2001, with Fleming James Jr. and John Leubsdorf) Ethics in the Practice of Law (1978) Pleading & Procedure, State & Federal (9th ed. 2005; with D. W. Louisell, Colin Tait and Wm. Fletcher) Managing Complex Litigation: A Practical Guide to the Use of Special Masters (1983; with Wayne Brazil and Paul Rice) The Legal Profession: Responsibility and Regulation (3d ed. 1994; editor, with Deborah Rhode) The Law of Lawyering: A Handbook on the Model Rules of Professional Conduct (3d ed. 2000, with annual supplements; with William Hodes and Peter Jarvis) Perspectives on Civil Procedure (1987; editor, with Jan Vetter) Board Games: The Changing Shape of Corporate Power (1988; with Arthur Fleisher Jr. and Miriam Z. Klipper) The Law and Ethics of Lawyering (4th ed. 2005; with Susan Koniak, Roger Cramton and George Cohen) American Civil Procedure: An Introduction (1993, with Michele Taruffo) Professional Responsibility and Regulation (Foundation Press, 2002) (with Deborah Rhode) Legal Ethics: A Comparative Study (Stan. U. Press.2004) (with Angelo Dondi)

Translations La Giustizia Civile Negli Stati Uniti (1993; with Michele Taruffo) Pokus`Eni` Spra `Ni` Chi Rad (Prague, 1996; translation of BOARD GAMES, with Arthur Fleisher Jr. and Miriam Z. Klipper) American Civil Procedure: An Introduction (Japanese ed., Tanabe Tr. 1997)

Professional awards and honors Research Award, American Bar Foundation, 1985 William Keck Foundation Award, American Bar Foundation, 1997 Medal for Excellence, Columbia University School of Law Association, 1999 Outstanding Contributions to Promoting Effective Administration of Justice, American Judicature Society, 1999 Ceremony of Salute, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1999 Elected member of the American Philosophical Society, 2003 Gold Medal, International Insolvency Institute, 2004 Kutak Award, American Bar Association Section of Legal Education, 2005 Michael Franck Professional Responsibility Award, American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility, 2008