• Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

  Judge

  1992 – 2006 · 14 yrsAppointed by George H.W. Bush

• District Court, W.D. Arkansas

  Judge

  1985 – 1992 · 7 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

Career

• Visiting professor

  Stanford University School of Law

  1985 – present · 41 yrs

• Dean

  Indiana University School of Law

  1985 – present · 41 yrs

• Professor

  University of Pennsylvania Law School

  1984 – 1985 · 1 yr

• Special master

  1983 – present · 43 yrs

• Special chief justice

  Arkansas Supreme Court

  1982 – present · 44 yrs

• Professor

  University of Arkansas School of Law

  1981 – 1984 · 3 yrs

• Private practice

  1981 – 1984 · 3 yrs

• Vice president

  University of Pennsylvania/professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School

  1977 – 1981 · 4 yrs

• Professor

  Indiana University School of Law

  1971 – 1977 · 6 yrs

• Teaching fellow in law

  Harvard University

  1969 – 1970 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1968 – present · 58 yrs

Education