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Jim Ghiardi was larger than life. As Jim\u2019s student, research assistant, colleague, and occasional golf partner, here are some recollections:<\/p>\nJim Ghiardi was larger than life. As Jim\u2019s student, research assistant, colleague, and occasional golf partner, here are some recollections:<\/p>\n
He was intimidating, commanding, and inspiring in the first-year torts course, where he could make 160 first-year students squirm in unison. He could also inspire truly extraordinary levels of class preparation (i.e., serious study of the law). Nearly a dozen of us would hang out with him after most classes in a semicircle around the podium, asking this or that, seeking a bit more from him, trying to impress him.<\/p>\n
In his advanced torts and casualty insurance seminars, he was respectful, demanding, and encouraging. Many of us felt like associates in Jim\u2019s law firm, with Jim acting as a mentor. He turned the class over to us, with carefully crafted assignments we were required to address orally and in writing. And pretty much everyone rose to the challenge and performed like a lawyer. <\/p>\n
He was patient, attentive, and personable in discussions in his office. He didn\u2019t waste time, but he always had time. He valued intelligence and candor. He could respect, in a serious and deep way, those with whom he disagreed. In social settings, he was a natural leader who was, in turns, gracious and challenging. Jim was capable of great warmth.<\/p>\n
Marquette lawyers who studied under Jim knew their tort law.\u00a0 Many became\u2014now are\u2014leaders of the bar in the torts field. I could name names, and if you\u2019re a torts lawyer, you probably know them.<\/p>\n
Jim did it all. Powerfully effective teacher. Widely respected scholar. Incisive lawyer. Manager of lawyers. Leader of the bar. Lawyer for the university. Leader of the faculty. And, stunningly, a Yooper (fair disclosure: I grew up below the Mackinaw Bridge, in Jim\u2019s term, a troll).<\/p>\n
Henry Adams said, \u201cA teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.\u201d To corrupt one of Jim\u2019s favorite phrases: perfectly true, perfectly general, but, in Jim\u2019s case, perfectly meaningful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jim Ghiardi was larger than life. As Jim\u2019s student, research assistant, colleague, and occasional golf partner, here are some recollections: He was intimidating, commanding, and inspiring in the first-year torts course, where he could make 160 first-year students squirm in unison. 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