Berkeley Law posts Professor Frickey's obit

You can find the full obituary of our colleague Philip Frickey, one of the nation's leading experts on Indian Law, HERE on Berkeley's website now.

Our thoughts and prayers go out for his family, friends and colleagues. 

In the past several days, this blog has literally had hundreds of "hits" from all over the world searching for information on Professor Frickey's passing.  We can pass along that there is a memorial service scheduled for July 31, at 2PM, in his hometown of Oberlin, KS.

One visitor, Judge Steve Leben of the Kansas Court of Appeals, graciously passed on what we've been able to post for you today.  As he was much more closely acquainted with Professor Frickey than your blog editors, I invited him to send along any commentary which he wished to share with all of our users and visitors.  He generously sent the following:

"I became friends with Phil when he first taught as a visiting prof. at
the University of Kansas School of Law.  If you want something for the
site, here goes:

Phil's accomplishments were noted in detail at the Festschrift in his
honor in April 2009. But the truth is that his influence can't be
measured.  He published scholarly works that are certainly highly
influential.  Yet he may have done more by fostering students to take
a real interest in scholarship, encouraging young scholars to take
risks and to address real issues, and connecting students, scholars,
and others in productive collaboration.  So many of those people
will carry on for decades after his death to continue working on the
ideas and issues Phil taught us to care about.

I had the good fortune to be one of his students during the first
semester he taught law, as a visiting professor at the University of
Kansas law school.  Like so many others, I gained a friend and a
source of support for the rest of my career.  Thanks, Phil.

Steve Leben
Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals"

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