Scovel Richardson

Judge Scovel Richardson

Personal

Birthday:

2/4/1912

Birthplace:

Nashville, TN

Date of Death:

3/30/1982

Place of Death:

New Rochelle, NY

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1938-1939
Faculty, Lincoln University, 1939-1953; associate professor of law, 1939-1943; dean and professor of law, 1944-1953
Senior attorney, Office of Price Administration, 1943-1944
Member, U.S. Board of Parole, 1953-1957; chair, 1954-1957

Education

Name of School:

University of Illinois

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1934

Name of School - Second:

University of Illinois

Degree - Second:

A.M.

Degree Year - Second:

1936

Name of School - Third:

Howard University School of Law

Consistent with providing the professional leadership necessary to advocate and defend the rights of all, but particularly of African-Americans and other minorities, it is the Law School's mission to: Educate and enable students to develop their highest capabilities and skills as lawyers; Engage as an institution in the active pursuit of solutions to domestic and international legal, social, economic and political problems that are of particular concern to minority groups; and Imbue its students with dedication to excellence and commitment to the solutions to those problems.

Degree - Third:

J.D.

Degree Year - Third:

1937

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Customs Court

President Nominating:

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

4/8/1957

Termination Date:

11/1/1980

Termination Reason:

Reassignment

Court Name - Second:

U. S. Court of International Trade

Court Name - Second:

United States Court of International Trade

Commission Date - Second:

11/1/1980

Termination Date - Second:

3/30/1982

Termination Reason - Second:

Death