Bernard J. Ward (August 31, 1925 – May 7, 1982) was a legal educator and authority on the federal courts. He practiced general law in New Orleans, 1949–1953, and taught in the law schools at
Loyola University New Orleans
Loyola University New Orleans is a Private university, private Jesuit university in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana. Originally established as Loyola College in 1904, the institution was chartered as a university in 1912. It bears the name o ...
, 1952–1953, at
Notre Dame
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, 1954–1968, and at the
University of Texas at Austin, 1966 to 1982.
Bernard J. Ward was born in
New Orleans. A member of the
American Law Institute
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, Professor Ward spoke frequently at educational conferences for the federal judiciary, and was highly regarded by both students and federal judges. He drafted the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, which are used throughout the federal courts, and was co-author of "Appeals to Court of Appeals," a well-known treatise. Ward served as reporter to the Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules of the
Judicial Conference of the United States
The Judicial Conference of the United States, formerly known as the Conference of Senior Circuit Judges, was created by the United States Congress in 1922 with the principal objective of framing policy guidelines for administration of judicial cour ...
1961–1968; the
Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference, 1970–1971; and the
Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, 1971–1978. He was a member of the Standing Committee from 1978 until his death.
Ward died in Austin, Texas, on May 7, 1982. In his honor, Professor Ward's colleagues and former students endowed the Bernard J. Ward Centennial Professorship at
UT Law School.
References
*http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2000-2001/memorials/AMR/Ward/ward.pdf#search=%22bernard%20j.%20ward%22
*http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utlaw/00011/law-00011.html
*https://web.archive.org/web/20050523160048/http://www.utexas.edu/law/journals/tlr/abstracts/Volume%2061.htm
External links
Bernard J. Ward papers, ca. 1954-1982, bulk 1961-1981, Archival Collections - UT Law Faculty
1925 births
1982 deaths
University of Notre Dame faculty
University of Texas at Austin faculty
Loyola University New Orleans faculty
20th-century American lawyers
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