About
Mr. Howard: A. E. Dick Howard is the White Burkett Miller
Professor of Law and Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.
Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Professor Howard is a graduate
of the University of Richmond and received his law degree from
the University of Virginia. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford
University, where he read philosophy, politics, and economics.
After graduating from law school, he was a law clerk to Mr. Justice
Hugo L. Black of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Active
in public affairs, Professor Howard was executive director of
the commission that wrote Virginias new Constitution and directed
the successful referendum campaign for ratification of that constitution.
He has been counsel to the General Assembly of Virginia and a
consultant to state and federal bodies, including the United States
Senate Judiciary Committee. From 1982 to 1986 he served as Counselor
to the Governor of Virginia, and he chaired Virginias Commission
on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution.
Professor
Howard has been twice a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars, in Washington, D.C. His recognitions have
included election as president of the Virginia Academy of Laureates
and his having received the University of Virginias Distinguished
Professor Award for excellence in teaching. James Madison University,
the University of Richmond, Campbell University, and the College
of William and Mary have conferred upon him the honorary degree
of Doctor of Laws.
An
authority in constitutional law, Professor Howard is the author
of a number of books, articles, and monographs. These include
The Road from Runnymede: Magna Carta and Constitutionalism in
America and Commentaries on the Constitution of Virginia, which
won a Phi Beta Kappa prize. More recent works include Democracys
Dawn and Constitution-making in Eastern Europe.
Professor
Howard has briefed and argued cases before state and federal courts,
including the Supreme Court of the United States. He is a regular
guest on television news programs; during the Senate Judiciary
Committees hearings on the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme
Court, Professor Howard did gavel-to-gavel coverage for the McNeil-Lehrer
News Program.
Often
consulted by constitutional draftsmen in other states and abroad,
Professor Howard has compared notes with revisors at work on new
constitutions in such places as Brazil, Hong Kong, the Philippines,
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Albania, and,
most recently, Malawi, South Africa, and Swaziland. In April 1996,
the Union of Czech Lawyers, citing Professor Howards promotion
of the idea of a civil society in Central Europe, awarded him
their Randa Medal -- the first time this honor has been conferred
upon anyone but a Czech citizen.
In
January 1994, Washingtonian magazine named Professor Howard as
one of the most respected educators in the nation.
Download
the list of resources for
Mr. Howard's lecture in pdf format. You need Adobe
Acrobat reader to view this document.
