Fred F. Herzog

Legal education in Europe He received his first law degree in 1931 from the University of Graz in Austria. His first law degree was in both civil law and canon law, Doctor Juris Utriusque (a "doctor of both laws"). After receiving his law degree, he studied in Grenoble and Paris and visited much of Western Europe. Legal career in Austria He began his law career in the Office of the Procurator General, "which meant that he learned the prosecutorial system in Austria, the penal system, and how the courts and judiciary were organized." He became "the youngest federal judge in Austria" and "the only Jewish judge in the system." In 1935, Fred F. Herzog had been appointed a judge for life in Austria. But three years later, after the Nazi Anschluss of Austria, Fred Herzog was removed as a judge because he was a Jew. The Anschluss was on March 11, 1938. He received a letter dated March 14, 1938, that told him he was dismissed from his post "because you are a Jew." ==United States==

Escape to the United States Fred escaped from Austria by boarding a train to Sweden. He was assigned to study at the University of Iowa College of Law, where he studied U.S. law from 1940 to 1942. In 1963, he became Special Counsel to the Chicago Metropolitan Sanitary District. On January 1, 1976, Fred Herzog became Dean of The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Under his leadership, The John Marshall Law School joined the Association of American Law Schools, added to its full-time faculty, upgraded the library facilities and holdings, and acquired a new building that doubled the size of the law school. In 1983, Dean Herzog retired and accepted the title of Dean Emeritus. But in 1990, he was called back in 1990 to serve again as dean while the school was searching for a permanent dean. He kept an office during his retirement and was regularly seen greeting students in the law school lobby. His last visit to the school was in September 2007 to attend a special program to celebrate his 100th birthday. ==Awards==

Dean Herzog received numerous awards over his long career, including the Illinois Attorney General's Award for Outstanding Public Service (1976), a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Decalogue Society of Lawyers (1999), and a Lifetime Achievement Award from The John Marshall Law School Alumni Association (in 2007). ==Death==

Fred F. Herzog died on March 21, 2008, at Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago, at the age of 100. He was survived by his sons David and Stephen and four grandchildren. ==Commemorations==

Herzog Moot Court Competition The John Marshall Law School Moot Court Honors Program hosts the Dean Fred F. Herzog Moot Court Competition for students at The John Marshall Law School. This is a two-credit hour course that law students take during their third semester. The Herzog Memorial Lecture for 2012-13 was delivered on April 8, 2013, by Laurel Bellows, President of the American Bar Association. ==References==