Robert Braucher was an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from January 18,1971, until his death.
10 Facts About Robert Braucher
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Robert Braucher served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review, was a finalist in the Ames moot court competition, and winner of the Beale Prize for the best paper on the conflict of laws.
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Robert Braucher entered the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and, while in service, received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.
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Towards the end of his military service in 1945, Braucher was approached to teach at Columbia University Law School, but Harvard professor Erwin Griswold arranged a better offer from the Harvard Law School.
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Robert Braucher began teaching at Harvard in January 1946, and was a professor at Harvard Law School from 1949 to 1971, specializing in contracts and business law.
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Robert Braucher was active in the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, serving as Commissioner from Massachusetts from 1954 to 1971, and as vice president of the Conference from 1967 to 1970.
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Robert Braucher was active in sections of the American Bar Association.
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Robert Braucher was chairman of the National Commission on Consumer Finance from 1969 to 1971 and of the National Institute for Consumer Justice.
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Robert Braucher led the team that wrote a Model Anti-Discrimination Act, and he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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When Braucher joined the Supreme Judicial Court in 1971, he was succeeded on the Contracts project by Professor E Allan Farnsworth of Columbia Law School.