Richard Hinckley Field (1903-1978) served on the Harvard Law School faculty from 1946 to 1978. He was a Visiting Professor of Law 1946-1947; Professor of Law 1947-1969; Story Professor of Law 1969-1974; and an Emeritus professor 1974-1978.
Research: Civil procedure.
Education: Harvard College A.B. 1926; Harvard Law School LL.B. 1929.
Selected Scholarship / Representative Publications: “Maine Rules of Civil Procedure. Municipal Court Civil Rules. Maine Criminal Rules” (1959); “Study of the Division of Jurisdiction Between State and Federal Courts – American Law Institute Council Drafts” (first published 1963); “The Maine Rules of Evidence: What They Are and How They Got That Way” (1975).
Noteworthy Appointments: General Counsel, Office of Price Administration.