Brainerd Currie (20 December 1912 – 7 September 1965) was a law professor noted for his work in

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and his creation of the concept of the governmental interests analysis.Harvard Law's Janet Halley Speaks at 36th Annual Brainerd Currie Memorial Lecture
/ref> He was the father of law professor David P. Currie. Currie received a

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from the Walter F. George School of Law of

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in 1935 followed by a liberal arts degree from Mercer in 1937. In 1941, he earned a

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degree from

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. Currie taught law at Mercer, Wake Forest College, University of Georgia Law School,

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, was part of the first faculty at

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in 1949, and dean at

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. He worked at the

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and

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during World War II. Since 1967, Duke Law has had an annual Brainerd Currie Memorial Lecture; the first speaker was California Supreme Court Justice Roger Traynor.

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Guide to the Brainerd Currie Papers 1957-1960
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University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
1912 births 1965 deaths Columbia Law School alumni Mercer University alumni UCLA School of Law faculty University of Pittsburgh faculty University of Chicago faculty Wake Forest University faculty University of Georgia faculty Duke University faculty Conflict of laws scholars {{US-legal-academic-bio-stub

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