James Vorenberg (1928-2000) served on the Harvard Law School faculty from 1962 to 2000. He was a Professor of Law 1962-1981; Associate Dean of the Faculty of Law 1977-1981; Roscoe Pound Professor of Law 1981-2000; and Dean of the Faculty of Law 1981-1989.
Research: Criminal law, criminal justice, legal ethics.
Education: Harvard College A.B. 1948; Harvard Law School LL.B. 1951.
Selected Scholarship / Representative Publications: “Criminal Law and Procedure: Cases and Materials” (first published 1975); “Dean Cuisine, or, the Liberated Man’s Guide to Fine Cooking” (co-author, 1990).
Noteworthy Appointments: Director, Office of Criminal Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, 1964-1965; Director, President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, 1965-1967; Chair, Massachusetts State Ethics Commission, 1978-1983.