Susan J. Becker is retiring after 24 years as a member
Three long-time members of
of the Cleveland-Marshall faculty. Becker is an alumnus of the
the Cleveland-
on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit for Judge Robert
school, having graduated magna cum laude in 1983. After clerking
Marshall College
Krupansky, Becker spent fi e years in litigation practice at Jones
of Law
has since served stints as associate dean and as the Charles R.
Day. Becker joined the Cleveland-Marshall faculty in 1990 and
faculty will be
Emrick, Jr. - Calfee Halter and Griswold Professor of Law. In 2010,
departing the
Becker has worked tirelessly on many critical projects at the law
she received the CSU Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching. school, including the broad curricular reform implemented in 2012.
law school after
Becker plans to continue her long-time work in support of the
decades of
American Civil Liberties Union in retirement.
valued service.
Stephen W. Gard is retiring after 37 years as a member of the Cleveland-Marshall faculty. Gard joined the faculty in 1977, after having spent two years as an assistant professor at Gonzaga
FACULTY farewells
University School of Law. Prior to that, he worked as an associate at the law firm of Murp y, McAtee, Murphy & Costanza. Gard is a graduate of DePauw University, Indiana University (J.D.) and the University of Chicago (LL.M). From 2007-2011, Gard served as advisor to the moot court team, leading the teams to a number of regional and national honors, and earning a top 20 national ranking for the program. He has written widely in the area of fir t amendment rights, including briefs in cases before the United States Supreme Court.
Phyllis L. Crocker is leaving Cleveland-Marshall after 20 years to serve as dean of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. A graduate of Yale University and Northeastern University School of Law, she clerked for Judge Warren J. Ferguson on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit before joining a Chicago law firm specializing in omplex federal civil litigation. Immediately before coming to Cleveland-Marshall, Crocker served as a staff attorney at the Texas Resource Center in Austin, representing death-sentenced inmates in state and federal post-conviction litigation. During her tenure at Cleveland-Marshall, Crocker served as associate dean for academic affairs (2006-10) and as interim dean (2010-11). She twice won the CSU Administrative Merit Recognition Award (2008 and 2009) and was honored with the CSU Faculty Merit Recognition Award in 2004.
Everyone at Cleveland-Marshall would like to wish these three outstanding individuals well in their future endeavors.
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