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Stephen K. Urice (born February 12, 1950) is a law professor at the
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Career

Urice's 1981 doctoral dissertation formed the basis of his book, ''Qasr Kharana in the Transjordan'' (1987), which presented the findings of his work as director of a Jordanian-American archaeological expedition at that early Islamic site. Urice entered
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and graduated with the Class of 1984. Urice began his legal practice in the Trusts and Estates department of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in
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. Three years later, he moved to
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, where he joined the trusts and estates department at
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. Urice left the practice of law in 1991 to serve as acting director of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation in Los Angeles. An archaeologist and attorney, Urice served previously as a lecturer at
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and taught at
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. In 2003, Urice served as a visiting lecturer of public and international affairs at
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at
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, teaching a seminar on the 1954
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. Urice is now a professor of law at the
University of Miami School of Law The University of Miami School of Law (Miami Law or UM Law) is the law school of the University of Miami, a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. Founded in 1926, the University of Miami School of Law is the oldest law school in ...
in
Coral Gables, Florida Coral Gables, officially City of Coral Gables, is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The city is located southwest of Downtown Miami. As of the 2020 U.S. census, it had a population of 49,248. Coral Gables is known globally as home to the ...
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External links


Official website at University of Miami School of Law
American archaeologists American lawyers Harvard Law School alumni Princeton University faculty UCLA School of Law faculty University of Miami faculty University of Pennsylvania faculty Living people 1950 births People associated with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy {{US-archaeologist-stub