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Hon. Jack Landau

Distinguished Jurist in Residence

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Contact Information

Salem Campus

Address
Collins Legal Center 455
245 Winter Street SE
Salem  Oregon  97301
U.S.A.
Phone
503-370-5479

Biography

The Honorable Jack L. Landau served as an Associate Justice on the Oregon Supreme
Court from 2011 through 2017. Before his election to the Supreme Court, Justice
Landau served as a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals for 18 years, including 12
years as a presiding judge on one of the court’s three-judge panels. He served in the
Oregon Department of Justice, first as Attorney-in-Charge of the department’s
Special Litigation Unit and later as the Deputy Attorney General. During his time at
the Department of Justice, he represented the state a wide variety of cases at trial
and on appeal, including the successful defense of the constitutionality of Oregon’s
famous public beach legislation in Stevens v. Cannon Beach and the constitutionality
of the state’s video poker laws in Ecumenical Ministries v. Oregon Lottery
Commission. He also argued the habeas corpus appeal of Keeney v. Tamayo-Reyes
before the United States Supreme Court. Landau practiced law as an associate and
partner in the Portland firm of Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler, where he specialized in
complex civil litigation in both state and federal court.

Justice Landau has taught as an adjunct professor at Willamette University College
of Law since 1993. He has also taught at the University of Oregon School of Law and
Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College. In addition, he is a frequent
speaker at continuing education programs sponsored by the American Bar
Association, the Oregon State Bar, local bar associations, the Oregon Law Institute,
and the National Judicial College. In 2017, he was invited to deliver the 25th annual
Robert F. Williams lecture on state constitutional law at Rutgers University Law
School.

Justice Landau has served on the Oregon Council on Court Procedures, the Oregon
Bench and Bar Professionalism Commission, and Oregon Law Commission work
groups on Oregon state capitol workplace sexual harassment policy, conflicts of law
legislation, and standing to sue statutes. He also volunteers for the Classroom Law
Project and regularly speaks to high school civics classes around the state.

Education

  • LLM, University of Virginia School of Law
  • JD, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College
  • BA, Lewis & Clark College

Courses

  • Law 216: Statutory Interpretation
  • State Constitutional Law
Willamette University

Faculty Support

Address
Willamette University
College of Law
245 Winter Street SE
Salem Oregon 97301 U.S.A.
Phone
(503) 370-6405