Beloved USC Law Prof Dies; Whitebread Rocked, Fans Say
Charles Whitebread, a well-known law professor at the University of Southern California who taught there for more than 25 years, died last week of lung cancer. He was 65.
Known as an expert on criminal law and the U.S. Supreme Court, he was also popular with many who found his humor a helpful aid to learning and antidote to anxiety during the BAR/BRI bar review course, according to the Los Angeles Times. At last report, he had a following of more 1,600 fans in a Facebook group, “Charlie Whitebread Rocks My World.”
“He was a life force,” Dean Robert Rasmussen of USC Gould School of Law tells the newspaper. “So many alums say their USC law experience was shaped and furthered by Charlie Whitebread. He had a true passion for teaching, scholarship, his students and justice.”
A reception is planned in his honor on Nov. 13 at USC. Details are provided on a memorial webpage posted by the university.
