James Harmon Chadbourn (1905-1982) served on the Harvard Law School faculty from 1961 to 1982. He was a Visiting Professor of Law 1961-1962; Professor of Law 1963-1969; Fessenden Professor of Law 1969-1974; and an Emeritus professor 1974-1982.
Research: Evidence, civil procedure, federal jurisdiction.
Education: The Citadel A.B. 1926; University of North Carolina J.D. 1931.
Selected Scholarship / Representative Publications: “Lynching and the Law” (first published 1933); “Cases on Civil Procedure” (first edition with Chadbourn as co-author, 1939); “Cases and Materials on Federal Courts” (co-author, first published 1946).
Noteworthy Appointments: Research Consultant, California Law Revision Commission.