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Lawrence Martin Joseph

Born: 03/10/1948   Detroit , MI
Spouse: Nancy Van Goethem, a painter
Address(es):
Manhattan , NY

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The Game Changed : Essays and other Prose
- Criticism 		Non Fiction Adult Ann Arbor, MI : University of Michigan Press 2011
Codes, Precepts, Biases, and Taboos : Poems 1973-1993 Poetry Adult New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2005
Into It Poetry Adult New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2005
Lawyerland : What Lawyers Talk about When They Talk about Law
- Optioned for a film by John Malkovich. It will be directed by John Walter. 		Fiction Adult New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1997
Before Our Eyes Poetry Adult New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1993
Curriculum Vitae Poetry Adult Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press 1988
Shouting at No One Poetry Adult Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press 1983

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Awards:

Name Date
New York County Lawyers Associaion "Law and Literature Award" 2006
Hopwood Award for Poetry 1970
Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Fellowhip from the National Endowment for the Arts
Grant from the Employment Standards Division of the United States Department of Labor

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd. ed. 1993

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (M. A.) Magdalene College, Cambridge University Cambridge, England 1976
Juris Doctor (J.D.) University of Michigan Law School Ann Arbor , MI 1975
Bachelor of Arts (B. A.) Magdalene College, Cambridge University Cambridge, England 1972
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1970

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Professor of Law
- Tinnelly Professor of Law 		St. John's University Jamaica , NY 1988
Associate Professor Hofstra University School of Law New York , NY 1984 -1987
Attorney Shearman & Sterling Law Firm New York , NY 1981 -1984
Associate Professor of Law University of Detroit Law School Detroit , MI 1978 -1981
Judicial Law Clerk
- served as clerk to Justice G. Mennen williams 		Michigan State Supreme Court Lansing , MI 1976 -1978

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
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Other Comments:

His grandparents, Lebanese Maronite and Syrian Melkite Eastern Catholics, were among the first Arab Americans to emigrate to Detroit.

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