Law School. Office of the Dean. Susan Westerberg Prager Files., 1967-2001

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Summary

Title:
Law School. Office of the Dean. Susan Westerberg Prager Files.
Dates:
1967-2001
Creators:
Law School. Office of the Dean. 1949-
Abstract:
Record Series 742 consists of the administrative and office files of Susan Westerberg Prager, Dean of the UCLA Law School from 1967 to 2001.
Extent:
16.8 linear ft. (36 boxes, 8 cartons)
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Law School. Office of the Dean. Susan Westerberg Prager Files (University Archives Record Series 742). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Record Series 742 consists of the administrative and office files of Susan Westerberg Prager, Dean of the UCLA Law School. Files include materials related to Moot Court, admissions, committees, students, special programs, commencement ceremonies, School of Law alumni, admissions standards, and the Melville Nimmer lecture series.

This is an inactive record series; no additional University records are expected to be added.

Biographical / historical:

Susan Westerberg Prager was Dean of the UCLA Law School from 1982 to 1998. As of 2009, she served as Dean longer than any one else in the history of UCLA Law School. She is also one of the first female Deans of a law school. During her tenure, the Clinical Wing and the Hugh & Hazel Darling Law Library were built.

In addition to her service as Dean of the UCLA School of Law, Dean Prager also served as President of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) in 1986, Provost of Dartmouth College from 1999-2001. Prager also served on a number of boards of the American Bar Association regarding education and admissions to law programs. While the materials in this collection document Prager's work at UCLA, materials from other archives of these other organization might also contain valuable information about Dean Prager.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by University Archives staff, 2004 May; finding aid revised by Katharine A. Lawrie, 2014 October; machine-readable finding aid created by Katharine A. Lawrie, 2014 October.
Date Prepared:
©2004 May
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-10-09T12:40-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Portions of this collection are RESTRICTED. Box 38, folders 16-17, and Box 47 are restricted and not open for research. For access, contact the UCLA University Archives.

Terms of access:

Copyright of portions of this collection is held by The Regents of the University of California. The UCLA University Archives can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish or quote must be submitted in writing to the UCLA University Archivist.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Law School. Office of the Dean. Susan Westerberg Prager Files (University Archives Record Series 742). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
310-825-4988
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