Robert Shepherd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American jurist
Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1937
Place of Birth: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 11-Dec-2008
Profession: academic
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Robert Shepherd
- Robert E.
- Shepherd, Jr.
- was professor of law at the University of Richmond School of Law, joining the faculty in 1978 and retiring from his professorship in 2001.
- Even after retirement, he served as professor emeritus and continued teaching until his death.
- Shepherd taught classes on "Children and the Law," "Family Law," and "Contracts," amongst other topics.
- Winner of the university's distinguished educator award in both 1981 and 1986, he was a visiting professor during the fall of 2008 at the Washington and Lee School of Law, from whence he himself had graduated in 1961.
- A paper he wrote for the W&L law review became a draft of Virginia's first statute on child abuse and set Shepherd on track for his career.
- In a 2001 interview with the law school's magazine, he said, "There was a real sense that laws for children were civil rights laws.
- It was a very exciting time." He also received his undergraduate degree at Washington & Lee University, in 1959.
- He was the recipient of the ABA Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award in 2005 and the 2003 Virginia State Bar Harry L.
- Carrico Professionalism Award.
- [1] [2] [3] He has authored papers for scholarly journals that include Family Law Quarterly [4], the ABA's Criminal Justice Magazine [5] [6], the Journal of Divorce and Remarriage [7], and the Journal of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention [8].
- Virginia Governor Tim Kaine appointed Shepherd to the Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice on January 19, 2007.
- [9] He has served as a witness before the House Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on the Judiciary on the topic of juvenile law.
- [10] [11] A founder and board member of Richmond law school's National Center for Family Law, Shepherd was a sought after expert in courts, before legislative committees and in legal forums around the nation on issues related to children's rights.
- Over his 40-year career, he headed the American Bar Association's Juvenile Justice Committee and the Virginia Bar Association's Committee on the Needs of Children.
- He served as reporter on family law and contracts for the Virginia Court of Appeals. In 1999, he was the first person inducted into the Virginia Juvenile Court Hall of Fame.
- The National Center for Family Law recently created a scholarship in his honor.
- Shepherd was a vocal supporter of the Baltimore Orioles and a proud political liberal.
- He sported the bumper sticker "Jefferson Was a Democrat" on the car he drove to the University of Richmond campus (which is located in a well-heeled western area of the City of Richmond).
- Shepherd served in the Army JAG Corps, then went into private practice in Richmond.
- He joined the Virginia Attorney General's office in 1971, becoming its first assistant attorney general dedicated to youth services.
- In 1975, he turned to teaching full-time at the University of Baltimore before returning to Richmond.
- Shepherd died on December 11, 2008.
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