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Identifier
SOH-051
Collection Number
Suffolk University Oral History Project
Description
Valerie Epps, professor emerita of law, discusses her teaching career at Suffolk University Law School and her contributions to the development of the school’s international law concentration. Professor Epps talks about her educational background and specialization in international law, including immigration law and the laws of war. Professor Epps was an early champion of international study programs, including Suffolk University’s program at the University of Lund in Sweden. Professor Epps reflects on aspects of the law school’s development, including administrative and curricular changes, the leadership styles of various deans, and attaining accreditation from the Association of American Law Schools. Throughout the interview, she shares personal memories of her years in the United States, her colleagues at Suffolk, and the challenges of being a woman on the law faculty early in her career.
Subject Heading
Suffolk University, Universities & colleges, Suffolk University—History
Interview Date
2019
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Recommended Citation
Epps, Valerie and Stoll, Nancy, "Oral History Interview with Valerie Epps (SOH-051 video recording and transcript)" (2019). Suffolk University Oral History Project. 77.
https://dc.suffolk.edu/soh/77