Dr. Friesen has been described as a long-time leader, a guru, and a legend in the field of court management. He is a graduate of Kansas University and the Columbia University School of Law. Since his retirement from teaching in 1995 he has been consulting and teaching about judicial systems throughout the world. He was the founding Dean of the
National
Judicial
College
(1963-1965) and has served on its faculty for 40 years. He served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice from 1965-1967. In this position he reviewed federal judicial nominees for recommendation to the Attorney General and the President of the
United States
.
He was appointed Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts by the Supreme Court of the
United States
in 1967. He resigned in 1970 to start the Institute for Court Management. In 1974-1975 he served as a Senior Fulbright Fellow at the University of Birmingham, England. Dr. Friesen served as Dean and Professor at Whittier College School of Law and at California Western School of Law. His teaching career, which spans 40 years, also includes years at the
University
of
Cincinnati
, and the
University
of
Denver
where he taught civil procedure, federal courts, and conflict of laws. He was elected to the American Law Institute in 1964 and to the National Academy of Public Administration in 1968. In 1988 he was the first visiting scholar at the
National
Center
for State Courts.
Dr. Friesen is the author with E. and N. Gallas of Managing the Courts, and of English Criminal Justice with I. Scott. He has published articles in Judicature, The Judges Journal, Kansas Law Review, The Journal of Public Administration, and The World Book.
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Dr. Ernest C. Friesen