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Sharon
Elizabeth Rush Irving Cypen Professor of Law Associate Director, Center on Children & The Law Box 117625 / Gainesville, FL. 32611-117625 e-mail: Rush@law.ufl.edu 352.273.0948 |
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Education
J.D. Cornell University (cum laude)
B.A., Cornell University
Teaching and Scholarship
Civil Procedure, Comparative Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Fourteenth Amendment, Children's Rights.
Professional Activities
- University of Florida: Joined faculty in 1986 as Associate Professor. Served as Associate Dean (1988-89). Professor and Irving Cypen Professor (1998), Teacher of the Year (1988, 1991, 1998), Dean's Sustained Performance Recognition (1997, 1999). Named Associate Director of Center on Children & the Law in 2001, and was co-founder of Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations.
- Previous Academic: De Paul University College of Law: Assistant Professor (1982-85), Associate Professor (1985-86); Visiting Faculty at University of Baltimore Law School (1990-91), American University's Washington College of Law (1993-93), Cornell Law School (1994-95), Montpellier University (France, Summer 2000).
- Private Practice: Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, Washington, D.C. (1980-82).
- Associations: District of Columbia Bar Association, American Bar Association, Cornell Law Association, American Association of Law Schools (Sections on Federal Courts, Education, Constitutional Law and Minorities), Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Society of American Law Teachers, Association of American University Women.