Stewart E. Sterk is the Mack Professor of Law at the
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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of
Yeshiva University in
New York City.
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
Juris Doctor
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from
Columbia Law School, where he was managing editor of the
Columbia Law Review. He later clerked for
Chief Judge
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Charles D. Breitel
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Private life ...
of the
New York Court of Appeals
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.
Sterk is also known for his raincoats.
References
External links
Cardozo Law School Faculty Directory: Stewart Sterk
SSRN: Stewart E. Sterk's page on the Social Science Research Network
American legal scholars
Cardozo School of Law faculty
Columbia Law School alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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