Robert Shepherd

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name = Robert E. Shepherd, Jr.


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known_for = Family law, Juvenile advocacy
occupation = Professor emeritus of law
nationality = American

Robert E. Shepherd, Jr. is professor emeritus of law at the University of Richmond School of Law. He is a graduate of Washington & Lee University and its law school. Prior to his tenure at Richmond, Shepherd taught at the University of Baltimore School of Law. [ cite web|url=http://law.richmond.edu/faculty/shepherd.php |title=Robert E. Shepherd, Jr. |accessdate=2008-06-07 |publisher=University of Richmond ]

He was the recipient of the ABA Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award in 2005 and the 2003 Virginia State Bar Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Award. [http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/livingstonhallpastrecipients.pdf] [http://law.richmond.edu/news/view.php?item=144] [http://www.vsb.org/site/sections/criminal/view/2003-harry-l-carrico-professionalism-award-recipient] He has authored papers for scholarly journals that include Family Law Quarterly [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=228252] , the ABA's Criminal Justice Magazine [http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/cjmag/juvctmot.html] [http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/cjmag/20-2/juvenilejustice.html] , the Journal of Divorce and Remarriage [http://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?sid=CW7NU7UE806L9NQE4HNN9768UELEBSD2&ID=8513] , and the Journal of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention [http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/178255.pdf] . Virginia Governor Tim Kaine appointed Shepherd to the Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice on January 19, 2007. [http://www.governor.virginia.gov/MediaRelations/NewsReleases/viewRelease.cfm?id=328] He has served as a witness before the House Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on the Judiciary on the topic of juvenile law. [http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/hfc071207.shtml] [http://www.campaign4youthjustice.org/Downloads/etd/Virginia/RobertShepherd.pdf]

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