Stetson University College of Law former dean Lizabeth Moody among 100 pioneering Women Trailblazers in the Law
Stetson University College of Law former dean Lizabeth Moody is among 100 pioneering Women Trailblazers in the Law, an oral history collection of the American Bar Association housed at the Stanford Law School Library.
The oral history collection profiles the inspiring stories of women trailblazers in the law.
Lizabeth A. Moody
Dean and Distinguished University Professor Emeritus Moody was vice president and dean of Stetson University College of Law from 1994-1999, opening the Dolly & Homer Hand Law Library and laying the foundation for the college’s part-time law and international programs.
Moody was one of only seven women in her class of 160 Yale Law graduates. She opened doors for women in the legal profession, as one of the first women lawyers rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell and the first woman to be elected president of the Cleveland Bar Association. Moody was partner at the prominent Cleveland law firm of Metzenbaum, Gaines & Stern and taught at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, where she and Professor Jane Picker created the Women’s Law Fund, Inc.
Moody is the recipient of the Josephine Irwin Award honoring women who have championed social justice for women, the American Bar Association Section of Business Law Glass Cutter Award for her extraordinary efforts in paving the way for other women in the legal profession, and the Ohio State Bar Medal, the association’s highest honor. The city of Cleveland named the day of May 8, 1990, in honor of Lizabeth A. Moody.
Moody was honored by the Baltic state of Estonia’s Higher Education Accreditation Centre for her efforts in legal higher education. She taught at Stetson Law in the area of corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on nonprofit corporations and professional responsibility and was inducted into Stetson Law’s Hall of Fame in 2009.
Post date: Dec. 4, 2018
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