Noted and respected scholar Jeremy Blumenthal of Syracuse University died peacefully on December 19, 2014 after a long battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Judy Bernstein, and children Daniel, Rebecca, and Matthew. He died at the home of his parents Peter & Mollyann (Wersted) Blumenthal in Sharon, Massachusetts.
Professor Blumenthal taught and wrote in the areas of property law and law and psychology, and he was known for incorporating empirical research and data into legal issues. He was a prolific scholar, publishing 30 articles, reviews, and chapters during his career. He is also a co-editor of the treatise Modern Scientific Evidence. He frequently collaborated with his colleagues on scholarly projects. Co-author Nina Kohn notes, "Jeremy had a talent for bringing people together to enrich each other’s thinking. I will miss working with him and learning from him. But perhaps most of all, I will miss his dry sense of humor."
He was featured as an outstanding professor in the National Jurist (March 2011) where he was identified as being one of the 23 most entertaining, influential and riveting professors in legal academia.
Professor Blumenthal earned his A.B., A.M., and Ph. D. in Social Psychology from Harvard University. He earned his J.D. cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law and received several writing prizes. While at Syracuse he was a visiting professor at Cornell Law School and the University of Connecticut School of Law. Before teaching at Syracuse, he was a Faculty Fellow at Seton Hall Law School, a clerk for the Honorable Maryanne Trump Barry of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and an Associate with Latham & Watkins, LLP, in the Newark, NJ office.
Jeremy was a kind and peaceful colleague and friend. We will miss him.
Thank you for posting this . . . Although I hadn't talked with Jeremy since law school, he was as kind as he was brilliant. I always looked forward to his scholarship on law and psychology. He definitely will be missed.
Posted by: Eric Chaffee | December 22, 2014 at 02:13 PM
Real, real sorry to hear this.
Posted by: Al Brophy | December 22, 2014 at 04:19 PM
What a terrible loss!
Posted by: Tamara Piety | December 22, 2014 at 05:24 PM
That's very sad to hear. I barely knew Jeremy, but had exchanged a few emails with him over the last several years since we were both Penn Law grads with a few interests in common. Even though he didn't know me at all (he'd graduates several years before me) and had no obligations to me at all, he was always very kind and helpful. I'm sorry we won't ever get the chance to meet in "real life". I'm sure he'll be missed.
Posted by: Matt Lister | December 22, 2014 at 09:55 PM
This is such sad news. Jeremy was a good friend. My condolences to his family. He will be missed.
Posted by: Ben Barros | December 24, 2014 at 02:22 PM