Geoffrey Hazard

I remember Geoff from my involvement with the ALI Transnational Law project, for which Jay Westbrook was the reporter. But my most unique memory of him came in print, in the form of a brief submitted in a bankruptcy case, in which he advocated that, if a company liquidated prior to the occurrence of an accident involving one of the company's products, there was no longer any property interest at issue, and thus no due process implications should a tort victim later claim that its future...

Professor Hazard taught civil procedure in his first class at Boalt, our class 1961. Hazard from the start was amazing, brilliant, demanding, engaged and caring.Not much older than many of us we were so privileged.
Got to know Hazard and his first wife Barbara quite well and we still treasure a wonderful wedding gift salad bowl from them.
Many great memories. When interviewing for out SF firm at Yale was walking in the hallway and a classroom door was open and heard an unmistakable...

Professor Hazard, my civil procedure professor in 1987 and 1988 at Yale, was a giant and a model of both intellect and conduct to all his students. He had a gruff exterior and a warm heart. I am sad to learn he died.

Thank you, Professor Hazard for an interesting and enlightening Fall of 1968 in the Windy City. Civil Procedure, I learned, can be law at its best, although that realization did not come to me while reeling from your questions. I'm very happy my son had the benefit of your teaching 20 years later at Hastings.

I worked for Geoff for 8 years, During that time I was fortunate enough know this very generous, caring, honest and principled man. I am forever grateful for the privilege of knowing and learning many life lessons from this extraordinary man.

Geoffrey Hazard was my first year Civil Procedure professor at the University of Chicago Law School in 1968. He was a brilliant (and demanding) teacher, and was the very first person to teach me "how to think like a lawyer" -- an absolutely critical skill that served me well for the rest of my law school education and career. He was articulate and extraordinarily quick-thinking on his feet as he surveyed the classroom, with a great sense of humor, too. He was very willing to spend time with...