Richard W. Creswell

Professor

Involvement:

Professor of Law, Mercer University, since 1983.

Interim Dean, Mercer University School of Law, 1993-1995.

Associate Dean, Mercer University School of Law, 1989-1993.

Mercer University Faculty House of Delegates, Founder and Chair, 1987-89

Mercer University, Provost Search Committee, 2003-2004

Georgia Supreme Court Blue Ribbon Commission on the Judiciary, Reporter, 1999-2001

Georgia Supreme Court Committee on Jury Composition, 2003-2005

Ocmulgee Heritage Greenway Steering Committee, 1996-present

Blueprints for Macon, Steering Committee (a community design project of The Georgia Conservancy and NewTown-Macon), 2001-2002

Ocmulgee Land Trust, Founding Board Member, 2004-present

Central Georgia Rivers Partnership, Steering Committee, 2004-present -- Chair, Legal Committee

City of Macon, Mayor's Commission on Solid Waste, Chairman, 1996-1997

State of Georgia, Governor's Task Force for Rivercare 2000, 1996-1998

Leadership Georgia, 1996

Leadership Macon, Trustee, 1989-1992

Leadershape Institute, Faculty, 1991

High Street Unitarian Universalist Church -- President, 1994-1996; Trustee, 1993-present

Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations -- Nominating Committee, 2003-present

Mid-South District, U.U.A. -- President, 2000-2002; Trustee, 1998-2002; Nominating Committee Chair, 2003-2004; Congregational Consultant, 2004-present

State Bar of Tennessee, admitted 1972

Macon Bar Association, member since 1976

Publications:

Georgia Courts in the 21st Century, 53 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2001).
Introduction to Law Study,Cases & Materials, 1996, 2nd ed. 1998

Narrowing the Gap in the Law School Curriculum, 26 Ga. St. B.J. 164 (1990)

Statutes of Limitation: Counterproductive Complexities, 37 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (1985)

The Separation of Powers Implications of Implied Rights of Action, 34 Mercer L. Rev. 973 (1982)

The Proposed Family Law Act in Context, 41 Tenn. L. Rev. 463(1975)

Tennessee Criminal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure -- Proposed Final Draft (Bobbs-Merrill 1973)

Honors:

Visiting Scholar, New York University School of Law, 1987

Teaches:

Current Courses -- Torts, Torts II, Tort Law Seminar, Animal Law Seminar, Introduction to the Study of Law

Formerly Taught Courses -- Environmental Law, Statutory Law & Analysis, Constitutional Law, State & Local Government Law, Environmental Policy Seminar

Interests:
Music, Reading, Tennis, Whitewater Canoeing, Travel