Nathan Roscoe Pound was an American legal scholar and educator. He served as dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law from 1903 to 1911 and was dean of Harvard Law School from 1916 to 1936. He was a member of Northwestern University, the University of Chicago Law School and the faculty at UCLA School of Law in the school's early years, from 1949 to 1952. The Journal of Legal Studies has identified Pound as one of the most cited legal scholars of the 20th century.
Pound circa 1916
Bust of Pound created by Avard Fairbanks in 1981 for the Nebraska Hall of Fame.
University of Nebraska College of Law
The University of Nebraska College of Law is the law school of the University of Nebraska system. It was founded in 1888 and became part of University of Nebraska in 1891. According to Nebraska's official 2017 ABA-required disclosures, 70.3% of the Class of 2016 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.
John J. Pershing L.L.B. 1893 General of the Armies, Commander of American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
John R. McCarl L.L.B. 1903 1st Comptroller General of the United States.
J. Lee Rankin L.L.B. 1930 31st U.S. Solicitor General
Ted Sorensen L.L.B. 1949 7th White House Counsel to John F. Kennedy