Stewart E. Sterk is the Mack Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of

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. He has taught there since 1979. Professor Sterk served as an advisor in the preparation of the Restatement (Third) of Property (Servitudes), and has co-authored casebooks on trusts and estates and land use. He is the editor-in-chief of the ''New York Real Estate Law Reporter'', a monthly newsletter. He received his

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from

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, where he was managing editor of the

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. He later clerked for

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Charles D. Breitel of the

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. Sterk is also known for his raincoats.

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Faculty Directory: Stewart Sterk
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