Call Number:

ALI.10.002

Repository:

University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library

Extent:

1 linear_foot

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item], in the Mary Kay Kane Papers Series (Complex Litigation Project), Reporters' Papers Record Group, ALI.10.002, Biddle Law Library Archives, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.

Date:

1988-1993 (inclusive)

Creator:

Kane, Mary Kay and American Law Institute

Abstract:

Mary Kay Kane graduated from University of Michigan Law School in 1971. She served as a Professor at the State University of New York - Buffalo Law School from 1974 to 1977 and as a professor, Academic Dean, Dean, and Chancellor at the University of California, Hastings Law School from 1977 to 2006. Kane's area of interest was civil procedure from which she published many books and articles. She served as the Assistant Reporter for the American Law Institute Complex Litigation Project.The Mary Kay Kane Papers (Complex Litigation Project), 1988-1993, include correspondence and meeting transcripts related to Kane's work as Assistant Reporter on the American Law Institute (ALI) Complex Litigation Project, published in 1994 as Complex Litigation: Statutory Recommendations and Analysis. The majority of the series is correspondence regarding drafts, advising, and the Choice of Law clause. The meeting transcripts include transcripts of the ALI annual meetings and consultative meetings from 1989 to 1990.

Mary Kay Kane was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She attended the University of Michigan for her B.A. in English, graduating in 1968, and graduated from the University of Michigan Law School with her J.D. with honors in 1971. After commencement, she became the Co-Director of the National Science Foundation project on confidentiality, privacy, and social science research working both at University of Michigan and Harvard Law School.

In 1974, Kane started teaching at the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School as an Assistant Professor. She left SUNY-Buffalo Law School to become a professor at University of California, Hastings Law School in 1977. Kane was Assistant Academic Dean from 1980 to 1982, Acting Academic Dean from 1987 to 1988, Academic Dean from 1990 to 1993 and Dean from 1993 to 2006 at California, Hastings Law School. She also served as Chancellor from 2000 to 2006 and has taught as a visiting professor at University of Michigan, Boalt Hill, and the University of Texas at Austin.

Kane has written many books and articles on civil procedure of law. She served as Assistant Reporter for the American Law Institute Complex Litigation Project, of which she is a member. In 2001, Kane held the position of President of the Association of American Law Schools. She is also a member of the Council of the ABA Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar and a member of the Standing Committee on Practice and Procedure for the United States Judicial Conference.

The Mary Kay Kane Papers (Complex Litigation Project), 1988-1993, include correspondence and meeting transcripts related to Kane's work as Assistant Reporter on the American Law Institute's (ALI) Complex Litigation Project, which was published in 1994 as Complex Litigation: Statutory Recommendations and Analysis. The majority of the series is correspondence regarding drafts, advising, and the Choice of Law provision. The meeting transcripts include transcripts of the ALI annual meetings and consultative meetings from 1989 to 1990.