Candace Kovacic-Fleischer Explained

Candace Kovacic-Fleischer
Known For:Expert on sex discrimination, gender equality and remedies
Birth Name:Candace Saari Kovacic
Birth Place:Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouse:Walter H. Fleischer
Children:1
Occupation:Law professor
Education:Wellesley College (BA)
Northeastern University (JD)

Candace Kovacic-Fleischer is an American legal scholar who is a professor emerita at American University Washington College of Law.[1] [2] [3] She has taught there since 1981.

Biography

Kovacic-Fleischer grew up in Kensington, Maryland and attended Walter Johnson High School. She studied at Wellesley College, where she received an A.B. in Economics in 1969, and at Northeastern University School of Law, graduating with a J.D. in 1974.[4] After law school, she clerked first for Judge James L. Oakes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and then Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1975 to 1976.[5] She was the first woman to clerk for the Chief Justice. Following her clerkships, she practiced law in Washington, D.C. as an associate of both Cole and Groner and Wilmer, Cutler, and Pickering.

In 1981, she joined the faculty of Washington College of Law at American University, and in 1986 was named a full professor. In 1988, she was a visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles Law School. In 2016, she wrote a letter to the editor pointing out the sexist elements in a blog post on President Donald Trump's economic advisors.[6] In May 2017, she signed a letter concerning hate crimes on campus.[7]

She is co-author of a popular case book, Equitable Remedies, Restitution and Damages, now in its eighth edition.[8]

Since 2002, she has served as a member of the American Law Institute.[9]

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Personal life

She is married to Walter Hersch Fleischer, a Harvard Law School-educated lawyer specializing in appeals, and they have a child.[10] [11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Candace Kovacic-Fleischer . 2023-05-14 . American University Washington College of Law . en . 2018-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181209212458/https://www.wcl.american.edu/community/faculty/profile/fleischer/bio/ . live .
  2. Web site: Author Page for Candace Kovacic-Fleischer :: SSRN . 2023-05-14 . papers.ssrn.com . en . 2022-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221012084917/https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=624364 . live .
  3. Web site: Candace Kovacic-Fleischer C-SPAN.org . 2023-05-14 . www.c-span.org.
  4. Web site: Reunion and Alumni/ae Weekend . Northeastern University School of Law . October 23, 2009 . December 5, 2018 . December 10, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181210063502/https://www.northeastern.edu/law/alumni/news/events/print_1_7090_7090.html . live .
  5. Book: Ward . Artemus . Weiden . David L . Sorcerers' Apprentices: 100 Years of Law Clerks at the United States Supreme Court . 2006 . NYU Press . New York, NY . 0814794041 . 90 . December 6, 2018.
  6. News: Letter to the editor: The truth behind Trumponomics . December 5, 2018 . Washington Post . August 12, 2016 . March 29, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190329230147/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-truth-behind-trumponomics/2016/08/12/fb4d60e8-6007-11e6-84c1-6d27287896b5_story.html . live .
  7. News: Op-ed: American University faculty and staff sign solidarity statement in response to racist hate crime . December 5, 2018 . The Eagle . May 11, 2017 . December 2, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181202182024/http://www.theeagleonline.com/article/2017/05/american-university-faculty-and-staff-denounce-hate-crime . live .
  8. Kovacic-Fleischer . Candace . Teaching Restitution . Brandeis L.J. . 2000–2001 . 39 . 657 . December 5, 2018. Hein paid subscription access.
  9. Web site: Elected Member: Professor Candace Saari Kovacic-Fleischer . American Law Institute . December 5, 2018 . December 9, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181209165143/https://www.ali.org/members/member/227809/ . live .
  10. Web site: Appearances by Walter H. Fleischer. Oyez.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20181209212644/https://www.oyez.org/advocates/walter_h_fleischer. December 9, 2018. December 5, 2018. live.
  11. Web site: Class Award Recipients-Walter H. Fleischer, class of 1961 . Yale University . December 5, 2018.

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