In Memoriam: Jane E. Larson (1958-2011)

Jane E. Larson, the Voss-Bascom Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin, died late last month at her home in Madison. She was 53 years old.

At Wisconsin she taught courses in property law, women’s legal history, feminist legal theory, and conflicts of law. Before joining the faculty at the University of Wisconsin, she taught for seven years at Northwestern School of Law. She was the co-author of Hard Bargains: The Politics of Sex (Oxford University Press, 1998).

A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Professor Larson was a magna cum laude graduate of Macalester College and a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School.