Neil Cohen

I am sorry to pass on the news that long-time University of Tennessee law professor Neil Cohen has passed on.  Neil was the UTK Distinguished Service Professor of Law and W.P. Toms Professor of Law.  Cribbing now a little from Neil's webpage: 

Professor Cohen is the author or co-author of 10 books and has been published in many law reviews, including the Harvard Journal of Legislation. His book, “The Law of Probation and Parole” (1999), has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court. Prof. Cohen also drafted the gender-neutral version of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate, Civil, Criminal, and Juvenile Procedure and assisted in drafting the Tennessee Rules of Evidence and the Tennessee Penal Code, as well as the modernized Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure.

He served as the reporter of the Tennessee Bar Association’s Jury Reform Commission. He was appointed by the President of the American Bar Association to the American Jury Project.

Professor Cohen's family and the UT law school are in my thoughts.  Special thanks to Wayne Logan for passing along this news.

 

 

Comments

[Stan Adelman]

Neil was my co-author, my fellow wandering serial visitor (after his retirement from UT), and more importantly, my dear friend. His sudden illness and death leave us all -- family, friends, and colleagues -- incredibly bereft. I am so grateful for having had his friendship and his tutelage.

[Jeff Yates]

RIP Neil - thanks for posting this Alfred.

[Larry Drolsum]

Great teacher....RIP...!

[Hawi Moore]

This is sad