ROBERT H. JERRY, II
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University of Missouri School of Law
336 Hulston Hall
Columbia, MO 65203
(573) 884-0946
(573) 882-3343
jerryr@missouri.edu
Employment History
Isidor Loeb Professor of Law (2015-present)
University of Missouri School of Law
Teaching and Research Interests: Insurance Law; Dispute Resolution; Health Care
Finance and Access; Contracts; Leadership Development
Dean Emeritus (2014-present) and Levin, Mabie and Levin Professor Emeritus (2015present)
Levin College of Law, University of Florida
Dean and Levin, Mabie and Levin Professor, 2003-2014
Levin College of Law, University of Florida
Floyd R. Gibson Missouri Endowed Professor, 1998-2003
University of Missouri School of Law
Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence in Law, 1994-98
Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, University of Memphis
Visiting Professor, July-August 1994
University of Arkansas-Fayetteville School of Law
Dean, 1989-94; Professor, 1985-94; Associate Professor, 1981-85
University of Kansas School of Law
Associate Attorney, 1978-81
Barnes, Hickam, Pantzer & Boyd; Indianapolis, Indiana
Law Clerk, 1977-78, to the Hon. George E. MacKinnon, United States Circuit Judge
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
[8/14/15]
Education
J.D., cum laude, 1977, University of Michigan Law School
B.S., magna cum laude, 1974, Indiana State University
Publications and Research Activities
Books
Understanding Insurance Law (with Douglas R. Richmond, co-author). New York: Lexis
Publishing, Inc., 2012 (5th ed.), 1005 pp. [2008 (4th ed.), 1024 pp., with Richmond; 2002
(3rd ed.), 1171 pp.; 1996 (2nd ed.), 989 pp.; 1987 (1st ed.), 748 pp.]
Insurance Law: Cases and Materials (with Roger C. Henderson, co-author). New York:
Lexis Publishing, Inc., 2001 (3d ed.), 1225 pp. [1996 (2nd ed.), 1136 pp., with Henderson]
Teacher’s Manual, Insurance Law: Cases and Materials (with Roger C. Henderson, coauthor). New York: Lexis-Nexis, Inc., 2001 (3d ed.), 240 pp. [1996 (2nd ed.), 210 pp.,
with Henderson]
Book Chapters and Related Contributions
“Risk and Private Health Insurance.” In A. Hoffman, G. Cohen & W. Sage, eds., Oxford
Handbook of American Health Law. London: Oxford University Press, forthcoming
2016.
“Crop Insurance.” In J. Thomas, ed., New Appleman on Insurance Library Edition, Vol.
5, ch. 56. New York: Lexis Publishing Co., 2014. (First revision forthcoming 2015.)
“Understanding Crop Insurance,” In J. Thomas, ed., New Appleman on Insurance Critical
Issues. New York: Lexis Publishing Co., Winter 2013 (p. 90 et seq.)
“What is Insurance?,” In J. Thomas, ed., New Appleman on Insurance Library Edition,
Vol. 1, ch. 1. New York: Lexis Publishing Co., 2009.
“Defining and Achieving Excellence.” In Law School Leadership Strategies. Aspatore
Books, 2006 (pp. 147-160).
“Life and Disability Insurance.” In Family Wealth Management, Grayson McCouch and
William Turnier, eds. Minneapolis: West Publishing Co., 2005, Chap. 7 (pp. 480-564).
“Antitrust Implications of Insurers’ Collaborative Standard Setting,” In Mark Rothstein,
ed., Genetics and Life Insurance. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2004.
Chap. 9 (pp. 195-216).
“Insurance.” In The Oxford Companion to American Law, Kermit L. Hall et al., eds. New
York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Encyclopedia entry (pp. 420-23).
“Gender and Insurance.” In Women and Public Policy: A Revolution in Progress,
Margaret Conway, ed. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1994. Chap. 6
(pp. 102-23).
“Causation.” In Insuring Real Property, Stephen Cozen, ed. New York: Matthew Bender,
Inc., 1990. Chap. 48 [97 pp.].
“Introduction.” In Insurance Law Anthology, Vol. II., pp. ix-xv. Bethesda, Md.:
International Library Law Book Publishers, 1989.
“Tort Recovery: Injury Thresholds.” In No-Fault and Uninsured Motorist Insurance.
New York: Matthew Bender, Inc., 1988 (substantial revision of chapter originally written
by H. Weitz).
Law Reviews
Article, “Public Forum 2.1: Public Higher Education Institutions and Social Media,” 14
Florida Coastal Law Review 55-98 (2013) (Lyrissa Lidsky, co-author).
Essay, “Leadership and Followership,” 44 University of Toledo Law Review 345-54
(2013).
Article, “Bad Faith at Middle Age: Comments on ‘The Principle Without a Name (Yet),’
Insurance Law, Contract Law, Specialness, Distinctiveness, and Difference,” 19
Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 13-28 (2012).
Essay, “Reflections on Leadership,” 38 University of Toledo Law Review 539-546
(2007).
Essay, “Life, Disability, and Health Insurance: Understanding the Relationships,” 35
Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 80-88 (2007).
Article, “Regulating the Business of Insurance: Federalism in an Age of Difficult Risks,”
41 Wake Forest Law Review 835-878 (2006) (Steven E. Roberts, co-author).
Essay, “A Brief Exploration of Space: Some Observations on Law School Architecture,”
36 University of Toledo Law Review 85-93 (2005).
Article, “The Antitrust Implications of Collaborative Standard Setting by Insurers
Regarding the Use of Genetic Information in Life Insurance Underwriting,” 9
Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 397 (2003).
Article, “Insurance, Terrorism, and 9/11: Reflections on Three Threshold Questions,” 9
Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 95-120 (2002).
Article, “May Harvey Rest in Peace: Lakin v. Postal Life & Casualty Insurance
Company,” 2 Nevada Law Journal 292-311 (2002).
Article, “Cybercoverage’ for Cyber-Risks: An Overview of Insurers’ Responses to the
Perils of E-Commerce,” 8 Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 7-36 (2001) (Michele L.
Mekel, co-author).
Article, “Teaching Torts Without Insurance: A Second-Best Solution,” 45 St. Louis
University Law Review 857-96 (2001) (David A. Fischer, co-author).
Article, “The Insurer’s Right to Reimbursement of Defense Costs,” 42 Arizona Law
Review 13-75 (2000) (reprinted at 50 Defense Law Journal 699-771 (2001)).
Article, “A Primer for the First-Time Law Dean Candidate,” 49 Journal of Legal
Education 564-594 (1999).
Article, “Health Insurers’ Use of Genetic Information: A Missouri Perspective,” 64
Missouri Law Review 759-788 (1999).
Article, “Insurance, Contract, and the Doctrine of Reasonable Expectations,” 5
Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 21-57 (1998).
Article, “Consent, Contract, and the Responsibilities of Insurance Defense Counsel,” 4
Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 153-203 (1997).
Essay, “Health Insurance Coverage for High-Cost Health Care: Reflections on The
Rainmaker," 25 Memphis Law Review 1347-1376 (1996).
Article, “The Wrong Side of the Mountain: The Unnatural History of Bad Faith,” 72
Texas Law Review 1317-1344 (1994).
Essay, “Legal Education, The Legal Profession, and Change,” 41 Kansas Law Review 110 (1992).
Article, “Statutory Prohibitions on the Negotiation of Insurance Agent Commissions:
Substantive Due Process Review Under State Constitutions,” 51 Ohio State Law Journal
773-822 (1990) (Reginald L. Robinson, co-author).
Article, “New Developments in Kansas Insurance Law,” 37 Kansas Law Review 841-906
(1989).
Article, “Social Investing and the Lessons of South Africa Divestment: Rethinking the
Limitations on Fiduciary Discretion,” 66 Oregon Law Review 685-751 (1987)
(O. Maurice Joy, co-author).
Article, “Remedying Insurers' Bad Faith Contract Performance: A Reassessment,” 18
Connecticut Law Review 271-321 (1986); reprinted in Insurance Law Anthology, Vol. I,
1986 (Bethesda, Md.: International Library Law Book Publishers, 1987).
Essay, “Introduction to Wolf Creek Symposium,” 33 Kansas Law Review 419-28, vi
(1985).
Article, “Justifying Unisex Insurance: Another Perspective,” 34 American University
Law Review 329-67 (1985) (Kyle Mansfield, co-author).
Essay, “Arthur L. Corbin: His Kansas Connection,” 32 Kansas Law Review 754-761
(1984).
Article, “Recent Developments in Kansas Insurance Law: A Survey, Some Analysis, and
Some Suggestions,” 32 Kansas Law Review 287-349 (1984).
Article, “Antitrust and Employer Restraints in Labor Markets,” 6 Industrial Relations
Law Journal 173-254 (1984) (Donald Knebel, co-author).
Comment, “Impressions of a Not-So-Average Juror,” 7 American Journal of Trial
Advocacy 141-154 (1983) (published anonymously).
Article, “Recovery in Tort for Educational Malpractice: Problems of Theory and Policy,”
29 Kansas Law Review 195-212 (1981).
Note, “A Reconsideration of the Stock Market Exception to the Dissenting Shareholder's
Right of Appraisal,” 74 Michigan Law Review 1023-66 (1976).
Other Publications (representative)
Dean’s Messages, 2003-14 (archive of various columns and public statements),
www.law.ufl.edu/history/archive-dean-jerrys-messages-2003-2014
Op.-Ed. Column, “A National Policy for Disasters,” Miami Herald (Miami, Florida), Jan.
2, 2007 (with James Loy & Steven Roberts).
Essay, “Insurance, Terrorism, and 9/11,” TortSource (Vol. 5, No. 2), Winter 2003, pp. 1,
6 (publication of American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section).
Op.-Ed. Column, “Terrorism and Insurance: Congress got it right,” The Kansas City Star
(Kansas City, Missouri), Dec. 2, 2002.
Op.-Ed. Column, “The Need for Terrorism Insurance,” San Diego Union-Tribune (San
Diego, California), Nov. 19, 2002, p. B-9.
Essay, “Bringing the Early Christians Home,” The Living Church, Jan. 23, 2000, pp. 8-9.
Essay, “A Mandate for Higher Costs,” The Legal Times of Washington, March 16, 1998,
pp. S37-S39.
Essay, “Beyond Anecdotes: A Perspective on Our Changing Profession,” 62 Journal of
the Kansas Bar Association 15-16 (1993).
Essay, “U.S. Colleges and the Response to Apartheid,” Chronicle of Higher Education,
Vol. 30, No. 5, April 3, 1985, p. 88.
Speeches and Presentations (representative)
“Lawyers, Leadership, and Followership: Some Lessons from the Last Three Decades,”
Eighth Judicial Circuit Bar Association 2014 Annual Dinner, Gainesville, Florida, June
12, 2014.
“Leadership Through Service,” Bolles Academy Academic Awards Banquet,
Jacksonville, Florida, April 28, 2014.
“Leadership, Service, and Professionalism,” 2014 Judicial Assistants Appreciation
Luncheon, Clara Gehan Women Lawyers Association & Eighth Judicial Circuit Bar
Association, Gainesville, Florida, April 25, 2014.
“Understanding the Changing Landscape for Legal Education (and the Legal
Profession),” Marion County Bar Association & American Board of Trial Advocates
Joint Meeting, Ocala, Florida, Aug. 29, 2013.
“The Changing Landscape for Legal Education (and the Legal Profession),” EscambiaSanta Rosa Bar Association Luncheon, Pensacola, Florida, June 20, 2013.
“Heroes in the Struggle to Integrate Higher Education,” 50th Anniversary Celebration of
Graduation of George Allen, Black Alumni Weekend, Gainesville, Florida, October 12,
2012.
“Theoretical Approaches to Bad Faith: Comments on Abraham,” Bad Faith and Beyond
Conference: The Law of Insurance Claims Practices, Rutgers School of Law-Camden,
Camden, New Jersey, February 29, 2012.
“The State of Legal Education,” Martin County Bar Association Luncheon, Stuart,
Florida, March 19, 2010.
“Law School Finances,” ABA Deans Workshop, ABA Mid-Year Annual Meeting,
Orlando, Florida, February 6, 2010.
“Changes in Legal Education,” Florida Bar Annual Meeting (panel), Orlando, Florida,
June 25, 2009.
“The State of Legal Education,” Orange County Bar Association, Orlando, Florida,
January 29, 2009.
“The State of Legal Education,” Jacksonville Bar Association, Jacksonville, Florida,
October 16, 2008.
“Insuring Coastal Development,” Public Interest Environmental Conference, Levin
College of Law, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, February 29, 2008.
“Managing a Law School in a Time of Financial Stress,” ABA Deans Workshop, ABA
Mid-year Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, February 7, 2008.
“Insuring Coastal Development,” Conference on Balancing Private and Public Rights in
the Coastal Zone in the Era of Climate Change, University of South Carolina School of
Law & Georgetown University Law Center, in Columbia, South Carolina, September 21,
2007.
“The World of Insurance,” Retired Faculty Association of the University of Florida, Harn
Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida, October 28, 2006; also given at Institute for
Learning in Retirement, Oak Hammock, Gainesville, Florida, February 15, 2007.
“The Intersection Between Leadership and Professionalism,” Second Annual Tenth
Judicial Circuit Professional Dinner and Awards Presentation, Lakeland, Florida,
September 28, 2006.
“Regulating the Business of Insurance: Federalism in an Age of Difficult Risks,”
Business Law Symposium, Wake Forest University Law School, April 7, 2006.
“Recent Changes in Legal Education,” Marion County Bar Association, Ocala, Florida,
October 11, 2005.
“Leadership and the Legal Profession,” Third Judicial Circuit Bar Association Annual
Banquet, Steinhatchee, Florida, June 10, 2005.
“Leadership,” Florida Blue Key Spring Banquet, Gainesville, Florida, April 16, 2005.
“Law School Architecture,” Southeastern Conference of American Law Schools 2004
Annual Meeting, Kiawah Island, South Carolina, August 2, 2004.
“Leaders in the Struggle to Integrate Legal Education in the United States,” University of
Florida Institute of Black Culture Leadership Conference, Gainesville, Florida, March 20,
2004.
“Insurance and Terrorism,” Southeastern Conference of the Association of American
Law Schools 2002 Annual Meeting, Kiawah Island, South Carolina, July 30, 2002.
“Insurance and Terrorism,” Conference on Liability Insurance after September 11th, cosponsored by Geneva Association and Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut
School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut, March 21, 2002.
“Integrating Dispute Resolution into Substantive Classes: The Missouri Plan & ADR
Simulations in Large-Enrollment Courses,” Southeastern Conference of the Association
of American Law Schools 2001 Annual Meeting, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina,
July 21, 2001.
“Insurance and Intellectual Property (and E-Commerce): Comments on the Evolution and
Availability of Coverage,” AALS Insurance Law Section Program, San Francisco,
California, January 5, 2001.
“Regulatory Compliance: Should It Ever Be a Bar to Tort Liability,” Food Drug and Law
Institute Symposium, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., October 8,
1999.
“Genetic Screening and Health Insurance,” 20th Annual Health Law Teachers
Conference, St. Louis University School of Law, Center for Health Law Studies, St.
Louis, Missouri, June 5, 1999 (paper included in conference materials).
CLE, “Insurers’ Right to Reimbursement of Defense Costs: An Overview,” Kansas City
Metropolitan Bar Insurance Law Committee and the Kansas City Claims Association,
Kansas City, Missouri (October 30, 1998) (outline and appendix, 58 pp.)
CLE, “Recent Developments in State and Federal Insurance Mandates,” Mid-South
Conference on Health Law, Memphis, Tennessee (May 29, 1998) (outline and
appendices, 14 pp.)
“The Reasonable Expectations Doctrine After Thirty Years,” AALS Insurance Law
Section Program, San Francisco, California, January 7, 1998.
CLE, “Tennessee Insurance Law: Recent Developments,” Continuing Legal Education,
Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
(December 5, 1997) (outline, 34 pp.) (with Daniel S. Lovett).
“Emerging Issues in Insurance Conflicts and Professional Responsibility,” Insurance Law
Center, University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut, October 17,
1997 (transcript published at 4 Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 411, 440-42 (1997)).
“The Role of Regulation in a Market-Oriented Insurance Industry,” 6th Annual U.S.Polish Economics Roundtable, Polancia, Poland, October 8, 1997.
“The Role of Regulation in a Market-Oriented Insurance Industry,” Eotvos Lorand
School of Law, The University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary, October 3, 1997.
“Consent, Contract, and the Responsibilities of Insurance Defense Counsel,” Joint
Program of the AALS Sections on Insurance Law and Professional Responsibility,
Washington, D.C., January 7, 1997.
“Funding Legal Education,” Southeastern Conference of Association of American Law
Schools 1996 Annual Meeting, Destin, Florida, July 20, 1996.
CLE, “Recent Developments in Tennessee Insurance Law,” Law Update for the
Tennessee Practitioner Series, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, The University of
Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee (February 28, 1995) (outline, 64 pp.).
“Medicine-Law Seminar: The Use and Abuse of Genetic Testing and Information,” cosponsored by the College of Medicine of the University of Tennessee-Memphis and the
School of Law of the University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, November 28, 1994.
CLE, “Recent Trends in Insurance Law,” Kansas Association of Defense Counsel MidYear Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri (December 4, 1993) (outline, 11 pp.).
“Our Changing Profession,” Kansas Bar Association Leadership Conference, Lindsborg,
Kansas, July 31, 1993.
“Handling Sensitive Personnel Matters,” American Bar Association Deans' Workshop,
Dallas, Texas, January 30, 1992.
CLE, “Overview of Contract Law,” National Association of College and University
Attorneys Workshop, Clearwater Beach, Florida (January 15, 1989) (outline, 24 pp.).
CLE, “Liability Insurance: Special Concerns,” Sixth Annual Real Estate Seminar,
Continuing Legal Education with the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the Kansas
City Metropolitan Bar Association, Kansas City, Missouri (October 21, 1988) (outline,
24 pp.).
CLE, “Liability Insurance Coverage for Pollution and Environmental Damage,” League
of Kansas Municipalities Annual Meeting, Topeka, Kansas, (October 3, 1988) (outline,
24 pp.).
“Commentary on Communicating with Jurors,” University of Kansas Department of
Communications Conference on Communication Strategies for Trial Attorneys,
Lawrence, Kansas, May 30, 1984.
“Educational Malpractice,” Annual School Law Conference, Indiana State University,
Terre Haute, Indiana, May 2, 1980.
Professional Associations and Activities (representative)
Bar Memberships: Supreme Court of Indiana; United States District Courts for the
Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; United States Court of Appeals for the
Seventh, Tenth, and District of Columbia Circuits
American Bar Association: member, 1977-present; member, Section on Legal Education
and Admissions to the Bar; member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section; member, TIPS
Committee for Nomination of Robert McKay Award, 2000-03; member, Graduate
Program Committee, Section of Legal Education, 2004-07; member, ABA Section on
Legal Education Committee on Admissions to the Bar, 2007-10; Pipeline Commission on
Diversity in the Profession, 2010-12; Finance Subcommittee (ex officio) of ABA
Questionnaire Committee, 2012; Reaccreditation Site Visit Team Chair, 2013, 2016
American Law Institute: member (elected), 1995-present; Adviser, Principles of the Law
of Liability Insurance, 2010-present; member, Consultative Group on Restatement (third)
of Restitution, 1999-2007; member, Consultative Group on Restatement (third) of
Agency, 1999-2007; member, 2014-15, Regional Membership Committee
Association of American Law Schools: Committee on Clinical Education, 2008-11;
Section on Insurance Law: Chair, 1993; Chair-elect, 1992; Member, Section Executive
Committee, 1990-94, 1998-2001
Reporter, Insurable Interest Drafting Committee, Uniform Trust Code, National
Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws, 2008-11
LexisNexis Advisory Committee for New Appleman on Insurance, 2007-2015
Florida Bar: Affiliate Member, 2004-present; Member, Vision 2016 Commission, 20132015; Legal Education Subgroup, 2013-2015
Florida Supreme Court Professionalism Commission, Member, 2003-2014
Florida Supreme Court Board of Bar Examiners Testing Commission, 2008-09:
Member; Chair, Subcommittee on Business Entities, Contracts, and Real Property;
Drafter, Contracts Content Revisions
Florida Supreme Court Historical Society: Member, Board of Trustees, 2006-2012
Eighth Judicial Circuit (Florida) Bar Association: Member, 2003-15
American Bar Foundation: Fellow, 1992-present
Member, Working Group, “Genetic Testing and Disability Insurance: Ethics, Law and
Policy,” University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics (funded by the National Human
Genome Research Institute), 2000-04
Member, Working Group, “Genetic Testing and Life Insurance,” University of Louisville
Institute for Bioethics and Law (funded by the National Human Genome Research
Institute), 2000-04
Contributing Editor, Journal of Insurance Regulation (published by the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners), 1989-92
Judicial Conference of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit: Member,
1989-94
Member, Board of Reviewers, Legal Publishing Preview (published by R.R. Bowker,
Inc.), 1989-92 (for insurance publications)
Kansas Bar Association: member, 1989-94; Continuing Legal Education Committee,
member, 1989-94; Committee on Professionalism, Equality, and Quality, member, 199294
Douglas County (Kansas) Legal Aid Society: member, Board of Directors, 1989-94
Kansas Law Loan Forgiveness Program: Board of Directors, member and chair, 1991-93
Douglas County (Kansas) Bar Association: member, 1989-94
Judge Hugh Means Inn of Court, Douglas County, Kansas: Organizing Committee, 199192; Barrister, 1992-94
Chisholm Federal Savings and Loan Association (Kingfisher, Oklahoma): Director,
1988-91 (served at request of Federal Home Loan Bank Board)
Business Consultant (Legal), Sound & Video Contractor, Intertec Publishing Corporation
(Kansas City, Missouri): 1983-85
Service Activities: University of Florida
Director, Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Search Committee: Chair, 2010-11
University of Florida Foundation: Member, Board of Directors (ex-officio; appointed by
President), 2008-11; Member, Dean’s Advisory Committee, 2004-10; Member, Finance
Committee, 2004-14
University of Florida Community Campaign: Chair, 2009; Member, UFCC Planning
Committee, 2004-09; Organizer, “Get Fit for Charities Challenge,” 2012
RCM Budget Model Committee: Member, 2008-11
Provost’s Budget Allocation Model Committee: Chair, 2006-07
Dean of Fine Arts Search Committee: Chair, 2006-07
Dean of Nursing Review Committee: Chair, 2006
Provost Search Committee: Member, 2004-05
Dean of International Studies Review Committee: Chair, 2004-05
UF Minority Student Mentor Program: Mentor, 2004-05
Committee on Diversity, Office of the Provost: Member, 2003-05
Service Activities: University of Missouri-Columbia
Faculty Council: Law School Representative, 1999-2002; Faculty Council Executive
Committee, Member, 2000-01; Fiscal Affairs Standing Committee, Chair, 2000-01,
Member, 1999-2002; Grievance Hearing Panel Committee, Member, 2002-03; Ad Hoc
Committee on Grievance Procedure Reform, Member, 2001-03
Chancellor’s Resource Advisory Council: Member, 2000-01 (Faculty Council
appointment), 2002-03 (Chancellor’s appointment)
Provost’s Ad Hoc Task Force on Faculty Performance Share Plan Implementation:
Member, 2000-01
Campus Mediation Planning Committee: Member, 2000-03 (Faculty Council
appointment)
Professional Sports Counseling Panel (MU Athletic Department): Member, 1998-2003
(Chancellor’s appointment)
Law School: Policy Committee, Member, 1999-2001, 2002-03 (elected by law faculty);
Faculty Appointments Committee, Member, 1998-2003; Chair, Elwood Thomas
Endowed Professorship Search Committee, 1999-2000; Colloquium Committee,
Member, 1998-2000; Promotion & Tenure Committee, Member, 2001-03;
Readmissions Committee, Member, 2001; Technology Committee, Member, 1999-2002;
Dispute Resolution Advisory Committee, Member, 1999-2003; Strategic Opportunities
Committee: Member, 2000-03; Dean Search Committee, Member, 2001-02
Service Activities: University of Memphis
Law School: Curriculum Committee: Member and Chair, 1996-97; Strategic Planning
Work Group: Member and Chair, 1996-98; Memphis Law Review: Co-Advisor, 1996-98;
Faculty Recruiting Committee: Member, 1994-96, 1997-98; Chair, 1995-96, 1997-98;
Faculty Committee on Promotion & Tenure: Tenure Subcommittee, Member, 1996-97;
Finance & Advisory Committee: Member, 1994-98; Chair, 1995-98; Ad Hoc Committee
on Faculty Scholarship: Member and Chair, 1995-98
Service Activities: University of Kansas
Deans Subcommittees: Member, Budget Subcommittee, 1989-90; Member, Mandatory
Retirement et al. Subcommittee, 1991-94
Dean's Review Committee (Engineering): Member, 1990-91
KU United Way Steering Committee: Member, 1988-89, 1990-93; Vice-Chair, 1990-91;
Chair, 1991-92
Search Committee, Director of KU Capitol Complex Center: Member, 1990-91
Chancellor's Committee on Reserve Officer Training Corps: Member, 1990-92
Faculty and University Councils: Member, 1987-89
Faculty and University Senate Executive Committees: Chair, 1988-89; Member, 1987-89
University Committee on Promotions and Tenure: Member, 1987-88
University Senate Human Relations Committee: Member, 1983-85; Chair, 1984-85;
Chair, South Africa Divestment Subcommittee, 1983-84; Drafted preliminary report on
South Africa Divestment, 1984
Faculty Senate Research Committee: First Level Review Committee Member, 1985-88
Teachers and Employees Association: Board of Directors, Member, 1986-89
Kansas Memorial Union Corporation: Board of Directors, Member, 1987-90
Residential Programs Advisory Board: Member, 1982-86
Law School: Faculty Recruiting Committee, Member, 1985-94, Chair, 1987-89;
Promotion and Tenure Committee, Member, 1985-86, Chair, 1989-94; Admissions
Committee, Member, 1981-85, Chair, 1982-85; Placement Committee, Member, 198184, 1985-86, 1989-94; Board of Governors, Kansas Law Review: Member, 1982-1986
Honors
Robert H. and Lisa Nowak Jerry Endowed Scholarship Fund (created in 2014 by Law
Center Association Board of Trustees, University of Florida Levin College of Law)
Dean Robert H. Jerry, II Leadership Award (created in 2014 by Law College Council, UF
Law’s student governance body, to be awarded annually to a student organization
president or chair who “has demonstrated exceptional leadership skills in his/her capacity
as leader of their organization”)
President’s Medal (awarded for university service), University of Florida, 2014
Honorary Inductee, Florida Blue Key, 2006
Dean Sina Award, University of Florida, 2005 (awarded annually by University Student
Government Association to a UF faculty member in recognition of service to students)
Honorary Member, University of Florida Law Review, 2005 (awarded by student
membership of Review)
Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, University
of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, 2001
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indiana State University, 1992
Postlethwaite Award for Meritorious Faculty Scholarship, University of Kansas School
of Law, 1991
Chancellor's Award for University Service, University of Kansas, 1989
Rice Prize for Faculty Scholarship, University of Kansas School of Law, 1988