Maria L. Marcus (June 23, 1933 – April 27, 2022) was an American lawyer who served as a Joseph M. McLaughlin Professor of Law at Fordham University.[1]

Early life and family

Marcus was born as Maria Eleanor Erica Lenhoff on 23 June 1933 in Vienna, Austria in a Jewish family.[2] She received a bachelor's degree in English from Oberlin College in 1954 and law degree in 1957 from Yale Law School.[2] She was married to Norman Marcus.[2]

Career

Between 1961 and 1967, Marcus was an associate counsel for the NAACP.[3] From 1967 to 1978, she was an Assistant Attorney General.[2] In 1976, she became the chief of the office's litigation bureau where she worked until 1978.[2]

In 1978, she joined Fordham University as a professor and became the second woman to attain tenured full professor status.[2]

In 2011, she was retired as a professor.[3]

Publications

  • Austria's Pre-War Brown v. Board of Education
  • Foreword: Is There a Threat to Judicial Independence in the United States Today
  • Policing Speech on the Airwaves: Granting Rights, Preventing Wrongs
  • Learning Together: Justice Marshall's Desegregation Opinions
  • Wanted: A Federal Standard for Evaluating the Adequate State Forum
  • Federal Habeas Corpus After State Court Default: A Definition of Cause and Prejudice
  • Conjugal Violence: The Law of Force and the Force of Law

References

  1. ↑ Balquiedra, Marianna. "Maria L. Marcus". Fordham University.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Roberts, Sam (May 6, 2022). "Maria Marcus, Public Interest Lawyer and Mentor, Dies at 88". New York Times.
  3. 1 2 DeGregorio, Erin (April 28, 2022). "Fordham Law Mourns the Loss of Beloved Professor Maria L. Marcus". Fordham Law News.
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