Bennett, Robert W. 1941–

PERSONAL: Born March 30, 1941, in Chicago, IL; son of Lewis (an attorney) and Henrietta (a homemaker; maiden name, Schneider) Bennett; married Harriet Trop (a teacher), August 10, 1979; children: Ariana Trop. Education: Harvard University, B.A. (summa cum laude), 1962, LL.B. (cum laude), 1965; attended London School of Economics and Political Science, London, 1965–66. Politics: Independent. Religion: Jewish.

ADDRESSES: Home—2130 N. Racine, Chicago, IL 60614. Office—Northwestern University School of Law, 357 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611; fax: 312-503-5950. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Writer. Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL, assistant professor, 1969–71, associate professor, 1971–74, professor, 1974–2002, Nathaniel L. Nathanson Professor of Law, 2002–, dean of law school, 1985–95. Visiting professor at University of Illinois, 1974, 1976, University of Virginia, 1976, University of Southern California, 1982–83, and Brooklyn Law School, 2004–05; European University Institute, visiting scholar, 1995–96. Professional arbitrator, 1974–; Center for Public Resources, Chicago Alternative Dispute Resolution, panel member, 1988–. Chicago Council of Lawyers, cofounder, member of board of directors, 1969–74, 1977–79, president, 1971–72; Illinois Attorney Disciplinary System, member of hearing board, 1973–75; American Bar Foundation, fellow, member of board of directors, 1986–95, president, 1992–94; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, cochair of Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 1988–94; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, member of civil justice reform act advisory committee, 1991–94; member of Special Commission on the Administration of Justice in Illinois and Illinois Task Force on Crime and Corrections, 1992–94; past consultant to Administrative Conference of the United States, U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Communications Commission, and other agencies. Commission to Revise Illinois Public Aid Code, member, 1978–80; Chicago Cable Television Study Commission, member, 1981–82; Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, member of Chicago Committee. George M. Pullman Educational Foundation, member of board of directors, 1986–96, 1997–; Appleseed Foundation, member of advisory council, 1996–; Chicago Appleseed Foundation, board member, 2002–.

MEMBER: American Law Institute, American Bar Association, Lawyers' Club of Chicago, Phi Beta Kappa.

AWARDS, HONORS: Knox fellow in England, 1965–66.

WRITINGS:

(With Arthur B. LaFrance, Milton R. Schroeder, and William E. Boyd) Hornbook on Law of the Poor, West Publishing (St. Paul, MN), 1973.

Representing the Audience in Broadcast Proceedings, Office of Communications, United Church of Christ (Cleveland, OH), 1974.

(Coauthor) Harvard Child Health Project Report, Volume 1: Toward a Primary Medical Care System Responsive to Children's Needs, Ballinger Publishing (Cambridge, MA), 1977.

Talking It Through: Puzzles of American Democracy, Cornell University Press (Ithaca, NY), 2003.

Contributor to books, including The Burger Court: The Counter-Revolution That Wasn't, edited by Vincent Blasi, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT), 1983. Contributor of articles and reviews to law journals and other periodicals, including Judicature, Trial, Chicago Lawyer, and Constitutional Commentary.