Vern Countryman (1917-1999) served on the Harvard Law School faculty from 1963 to 1999. He was a Visiting Professor of Law 1963-1964; Professor of Law 1964-1973; Royall Professor of Law 1973-1987; and an Emeritus professor 1987-1999.
Research: Commercial transactions, secured credit, creditors’ rights, corporate reorganization, bankruptcy.
Education: University of Washington B.A. 1939, LL.B. 1942.
Selected Scholarship / Representative Publications: “Debtors’ and Creditors’ Rights: Cases and Materials” (co-author, first published 1951); “The Lawyer in Modern Society” (co-author, first published 1962); “Commercial Law: Cases and Materials” (co-author, first published 1971).
Noteworthy Appointments: Assistant Attorney General for the State of Washington, 1946; Dean, University of New Mexico School of Law, 1959-1964; Founding Trustee, National Consumer Law Center.