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Irene D. Johnson

  • Professor of Law
Preston Hall 318
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Assistant: Susie Della Ruffa
Preston Hall 314
(914) 422-4259

Education

BA, Knox College
MA, Columbia University Teachers College
JD, Columbia University School of Law

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Before coming to Pace in 1978, Professor Johnson was a law clerk for The Honorable Paul R. Hays of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Her comprehensive article on personal jurisdiction in federal question suits received the Dean’s Prize for faculty publications in 1984. In recent years, she has devoted herself to helping students in academic difficulty improve performances on law school examinations. She has served as advisor to Pace’s Moot Court Board. Professor Johnson teaches Wills, Intestate Succession and Trusts, Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy, and a number of Commercial Law courses.

Publications

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Articles

"There's a Will, But No Way--Whatever Happened to the Doctrine of Testamentary Freedom and What Can (Should) We Do to Restore It?” 4 Est. Plan. & Cmty. Prop. L.J. 105 (2011).

"Preventing Identity Theft and Other Financial Abuses Perpetrated Against Vulnerable Members of Society: Keeping the Horse in the Barn Rather than Litigating over the Cause and/or Consequences of His Leaving," 79 UMKC Law Rev. 99 (2010).

"A Suggested Solution to the Problem of Intestate Succession in Nontraditional Family Arrangements: Taking the 'Adoption' (and the Inequity) Out of the Doctrine of 'Equitable Adoption,'" 54 St. Louis U. L.J. 271 (2009).

"Tortious Interference with Expectancy of Inheritance or Gift - Suggestions for Resort to the Tort," 39 University of Toledo Law Review 769 (2008).

"Personal Jurisdiction in Federal Question Suits: Toward a Unified and Rational Theory for Personal Jurisdiction Over Non-Domiciliary and Alien Defendants," 16 Pacific Law Journal 1(1984).

"Remittiturs (and Additurs) in the Federal Courts: An Evaluation with Suggested Alternatives," 38 Case Western Reserve Law Review 157 (1988).

Courses Taught

Areas of Interest

  • Commercial Law
  • Wills Trusts and Estates
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