John D. Feerick (born July 12, 1936) is a law professor at

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. He served as the school's eighth dean from 1982-2002. From 2002-2004, he was the Leonard F. Manning Professor of Law at Fordham, and in 2004, he was named to the Sidney C. Norris Chair of Law in Public Service.

Biography

Prior to entering academia in 1982, Feerick was a labor and employment attorney in the law firm of

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. He joined the firm in 1961 and became a partner in 1968. Feerick has served in numerous appointed public positions. From 1987-1990, he was chair of the

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State Commission on Government Integrity. In 2003, he served on the referee panel in the ''

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v. State of New York'' school funding case. He also chaired the New York State Commission to Promote Public Confidence in Judicial Elections, which sought to reform the nomination, campaigning, election, and retention of state judges in the wake of such scandals as the bribery investigation of former

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Gerald P. Garson. From 2003-2005, Feerick served on the special master panel in the ''McCain v.

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'' homeless rights litigation. He has also been a member of the New York State Law Revision Commission, the New York State Judicial Salary Commission, the New York State Committee to Promote Public Trust and Confidence in the Legal System, the New York State Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee, and the

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's Corporate Advisory Group. On April 16, 2007, Feerick was appointed by Governor

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to head the newly formed Commission on Public Integrity, which will be formed from the Ethics Committee and the State Commission on Lobbying.Danny Hakim,
Former Fordham Law Dean to Lead New Ethics Panel
', The New York Times, April 17, 2007 In addition, Feerick has also chaired the Ethics Committee of the Dispute Resolution Section of the

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. From 1987-1999, he was president of the

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Foundation. From 1992-1994, he was president of the

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. He has also been president of the

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and still serves as an honorary board member. As a mediator, Feerick played a role in several high-profile labor disputes including the 1994

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contract negotiations and the

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salary cap. Feerick is Director of the Feerick Center for Social Justice and Dispute Resolution at Fordham Law School. Feerick graduated in 1958 from

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and obtained his law degree from Fordham Law School in 1961. During his time in law school, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the

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. He is the recipient of many awards, including the Law and Society Award from the

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, the 1999 Citizen Achievement Award from the New York State

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, the

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Gold Medal, and the New York State Bar Association Gold Medal. Feerick was primarily responsible for the composition of the

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. This amendment specifies how a president can remove himself from office temporarily or be removed from office by the Vice President with a majority of the

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, and the process that follows for the President to attempt to regain power before Congress, if he so chooses, and then how the Vice President with the President's Cabinet, once again, can remove him from power.

References

External links

Feerick Center for Social Justice
at Fordham Law School
Director bio
at Wyeth

web video at Fordham Law's LawClinic.tv project

web video at Fordham Law's LawClinic.tv project

web video at Fordham Law's LawClinic.tv project
Commission to Promote Public Confidence in Judicial Elections
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