Monrad G. Paulsen papersMSS.85.4Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-05-08 07:03:16 +0000.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Monrad G. Paulsen papers Paulsen, Monrad G., 1918-1980 MSS.85.4 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/4/resources/636 2.8 Linear Feet 7 archival boxes, plus one box of personal items. circa 1960 - 1979 English Scope and Contents

This collection (1940-1976) contains professional correspondence related to the Juvenile Court Project (1973) and juvenile courts; law and poverty; personal correspondence; some student papers and lecture notes.

These professional papers were left behind in the dean's office when Monrad G. Paulsen moved to New York.

 Biographical / Historical

Monrad G. Paulsen, a native of Iowa, received an AB in 1940 and a JD in 1942 from the University of Chicago. After practicing briefly in Chicago, he began his teaching career at the University of Utah. He also taught at Indiana University and the University of Minnesota, before joining the Columbia faculty in 1956. Paulsen was a respected scholar in the fields of juvenile, domestic relations, and poverty law, as well as criminal law and procedure.

When Hardy Dillard retired from the deanship, he highly recommended Paulsen to succeed him. The first dean who had not previously been a member of the Virginia law faculty, Paulsen served in that post until 1975, and in that time attracted many fine scholars to the faculty. During his deanship, the student population grew by two hundred as the 1970s saw increasing numbers of women and minority students. The growth in the faculty and student body, along with curriculum changes and new organizations, pushed Clark Hall to its limits. Near the end of Paulsen's deanship, the Law School building at North Grounds was constructed and occupied.

In 1975, Paulsen went to New York to help establish and serve as dean of the Cardozo Law School at Yeshiva University. These professional papers were left behind in the dean's office when Paulsen moved to New York. Monrad Paulsen died in 1980.

 Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States Domestic relations -- United States Juvenile courts -- United States Law -- Study and teaching Legal aid -- United States Poverty Public defenders -- United States Right to counsel -- United States photographs University of Virginia. School of Law -- photographs Paulsen, Monrad G., 1918-1980 AALS Needed Legal Services ProjectArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740771960s, 1971-72MSS 85-4, Box 1Lectures: The Child and the State, delivered at Louisiana State University; Responsible Dissent -- A Student RightArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740781973, n.d.MSS 85-4, Box 1Mobilization for YouthArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740791963-64MSS 85-4, Box 1Research material regarding legal aid in England [obtained from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London]Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740801960sMSS 85-4, Box 1Scope and Contents

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Research and writing for unidentified projectsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740811960sMSS 85-4, Box 2MSS 85-4, Box 3MSS 85-4, Box 4Scope and Contents

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California Legal Services (OEO)Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740821972MSS 85-4, Box 4Casebook: Criminal Law and Its ProcessesArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740831969, 1972MSS 85-4, Box 4Child Abuse WorkshopArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740841970MSS 85-4, Box 4Child Protection Committee, U.Va. Hospital Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740851972MSS 85-4, Box 4Council on Social Work EducationArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740861968-69MSS 85-4, Box 4Day Care LicensingArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740871970-72MSS 85-4, Box 4Docket Book Study Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/74088n.d.MSS 85-4, Box 4Family Law Casebook Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740891968, 1971MSS 85-4, Box 4Gottingen VisitArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740901971-73MSS 85-4, Box 4Eleonore Herrmann Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740911968-69MSS 85-4, Box 4David HoffmanArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740921969MSS 85-4, Box 4Juvenile Court ProjectArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740931973MSS 85-4, Box 4Juvenile CourtsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740941969-72MSS 85-4, Box 4Juvenile Justice Standards Project Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740951972-73MSS 85-4, Box 4Sanford Kadish Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740961968MSS 85-4, Box 4Leo Kanowitz Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740971968-69MSS 85-4, Box 4John Lambert Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740981968MSS 85-4, Box 4Law and Poverty Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/740991968MSS 85-4, Box 4Lawyers' Co-op Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/741001970MSS 85-4, Box 4Arthur F. MacConochie Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/741011968MSS 85-4, Box 4Lutheran Church in America Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/741021973MSS 85-4, Box 5National Council on Crime and Delinquency Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/741031971MSS 85-4, Box 5National Council of Juvenile Court Judges: Lawyers' Handbook Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/741041970-71MSS 85-4, Box 5National Juvenile Law Center Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/741051970-71MSS 85-4, Box 5Office of Economic Opportunity Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/741061969-72MSS 85-4, Box 5William Paulsen EstateArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/741071971-74MSS 85-4, Box 5Personal Correspondence Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/741081955; 1965-76MSS 85-4, Box 5MSS 85-4, Box 6MSS 85-4, Box 7Scope and Contents

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Reprints of MGP articles (ca. 40)Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/741091940s-70sMSS 85-4, Box 5MSS 85-4, Box 6MSS 85-4, Box 7OversizeArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/74110Final Statement to the University of Virginia Law Faculty as its Dean Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/741111976, January 12Law School, Basement, Special Collections Storage, Oversized Files Cabinet [Law Oversized Materials]Photographs Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/74112Formal portraitArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/74113[ca. 1960?]Law Special Collections photographs cabinetLaw Special Collections photographs cabinetMGP with Emerson Spies and Gwendolyn Jones ('72)Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/74114[1972?]Law Special Collections photographs cabinetLaw Special Collections photographs cabinetMGP with Hardy Dillard [in Clark Hall lounge?] Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/74115[ante-1974]Law Special Collections photographs cabinetMiscellaneous personal photos Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/74116n.d.Law Special Collections photographs cabinetLaw Special Collections photographs cabinetScope and Contents

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