Aaron D. Twerski Appointed as the Next Dean
of the Hofstra University School of Law
Aaron D. Twerski
February 15, 2005
TO: The Hofstra Community
FROM: Stuart Rabinowitz, President
RE: Law School Dean
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Aaron D. Twerski as the next Dean of the Hofstra University School of Law. Professor Twerski, who was selected after an extensive national search, will replace Interim Dean Alan Resnick on July 1, 2005. Professor Twerski, who is currently the Newell DeValpine Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, served as a member of Hofstra’s Law School faculty from 1972 until 1986.
Professor Twerski is an ideal choice to lead our excellent law school to even greater stature. He is a nationally and internationally renowned scholar and a revered teacher, who possesses tremendous energy, leadership ability, enthusiasm and integrity. Professor Twerski will bring to this position the unique combination of an in-depth knowledge of our Law School and many of its alumni, as well as the perspectives on legal education that he acquired in teaching at several other distinguished institutions.
Professor Twerski is a prolific scholar of international renown who is the co-reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement of Torts Third: Products Liability, for which he received the prestigious designation of "R. Ammi Cutter Reporter" for his outstanding performance. He is the author of five books and more than 70 articles in scholarly journals about torts, products liability and conflict of laws. A professor of law at Brooklyn Law School since 1986, he previously taught at our University where he also served as interim dean from 1977-78 and as associate dean from 1975-77. He also taught at Duquesne University School of Law from 1967-71.
Professor Twerski has been a visiting professor at Cornell Law School, Boston University and the University of Michigan. A teaching fellow at Harvard School of Law from 1966-67, he was a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division - Honors Program, 1965-66. He holds a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Marquette University, where he was the student editor of the Marquette Law Review. In addition, Professor Twerski has an A.B. in Talmudic Law from Beth Medrash Elyon Talmudic Research Institute and attended Ner Israel Rabbinical College.
He received a Bachelor of Science in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he was a member of the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor fraternity.
I thank Professor Alan Resnick for his dedicated service as interim dean during this academic year. We are fortunate that Dean Resnick has been and continues to be a leading faculty member at our University. I also thank the search committee, chaired by Provost Herman A. Berliner, and comprised of members of the faculty, administration, and trustees. The committee interviewed nine candidates and recommended three impressive finalists. Dean Twerski will report to Provost Herman A. Berliner who reports directly to me.
Please join with me and Provost Berliner in welcoming back Aaron Twerski and wishing him well in his new role as Dean.
