Southmayd Professor of Law explained

The Charles F. Southmayd Professorship at the Yale Law School was established in 1913 by a gift in memory of Charles F. Southmayd, LL.D. 1884, from his sister, Emily F. Southmayd.^[1] Scott J. Shapiro is the current Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School,^[2] appointed in April 2012.^[3] Akhil Reed Amar was formerly Southmayd Professor of Law, until 2008 when he was named a Sterling Professor of Law.^[4] Earlier Southmayd law professors included Boris I. Bittker, named Southmayd Professor in 1958, then Sterling Professor of Law in 1970,^[5] and Arthur Allen Leff.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Yale Law School, Alumni and Endowment Funds.
2. https://www.law.yale.edu/scott-j-shapiro Scott J. Shapiro
3. https://www.law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/scott-shapiro-90-appointed-charles-f-southmayd-professor-law-tom-tyler-named-inaugural-macklin Scott Shapiro ’90 Appointed Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law
4. http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2008/11/07/amar-earns-sterling-rank/ Amar Earns Sterling Rank
5. https://www.law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/yls-mourns-death-boris-i-bittker-memorial-service-scheduled-dec-11 YLS Mourns Death of Boris I. Bittker; Memorial Service Scheduled Dec. 11
6. See Professor Mansbridge to Deliver the 2014-2015 Leff Lecture on Legitimate Coercion, (Oct. 31, 2013.