Lawrence Solan

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Lawrence M. Solan
Born1952 (age 68–69)
New York City, U.S.
Education
OccupationLaw professor
EmployerBrooklyn Law School
Known forstudy of the way in which linguistic analysis can inform the legal system
TitleDon Forchelli Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law, Language and Cognition

Lawrence M. Solan (born 1952) is the Don Forchelli Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law, Language and Cognition at Brooklyn Law School.[1][2]

Biography[]

Solan was born in New York City to Harold and Shirley Solan.[2]

He obtained a B.A. summa cum laude from Brandeis University in 1974, a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1978, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1982.[3][4][1]

Solan was a law clerk for Justice Stewart Pollock of the Supreme Court of New Jersey from 1982-83.[3][1] He was later an associate and then a partner in the New York City law firm of Orans, Elsen and Lupert, from 1983-96, focusing on complex civil litigation.[3][1][5]

He joined the faculty of Brooklyn Law School in 1996, where he now the Don Forchelli Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law, Language and Cognition.[3] Much of his academic legal career has been devoted to studying and writing about the way in which linguistic analysis can inform the legal system, and he has taught courses on the subject at Brooklyn Law School, Yale Law School, and Princeton University.[6]

Among Solan's books are The Language of Judges (2010), The Language of Statutes: Laws and Their Interpretation (2010), and (with Peter Tiersma) Speaking of Crime: The Language of Criminal Justice.[7][8][9]

He has been President of the International Association of Forensic Linguistics.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "EXPERT REPORT OF LAWRENCE M. SOLAN," FTC.gov, November 29, 2004.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Lawrence M. Solan, Lawyer," Marquis Who's Who.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Brooklyn Law School - Solan Lawrence". www.brooklaw.edu.
  4. ^ "Language & Asylum Research Group: Lawrence M. Solan". www1.essex.ac.uk.
  5. ^ "Lawrence M. Solan". www.huffpost.com.
  6. ^ "DECLARATION OF STEPHANIE CLIFFORD IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT ESSENTIAL CONSULTANTS, LLC'S MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION; DECLARATION OF LAWRENCE SOLAN," UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, April 9, 2018.
  7. ^ Solan, Lawrence M. (2010). "The Language of Judges". University of Chicago Press – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Solan, Lawrence (2010). "The Language of Statutes: Laws and Their Interpretation". University of Chicago Press – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Solan, Lawrence M.; Tiersma, Peter M. (2010). "Speaking of Crime: The Language of Criminal Justice". University of Chicago Press – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "Prof. Dr. Lawrence M. Solan - Käte Hamburger Kolleg "Recht als Kultur"". www.recht-als-kultur.de.
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