Law school unveils portrait of Edwin Render
Longtime law professor Edwin Render, who died last January, was honored Aug. 26 in a ceremony attended by faculty, staff and Render’s family and friends. August 26, 2014A large portrait of Render was unveiled before the group. The portrait will hang in the Cox Lounge at the school.
Render was a fixture in the law school for more than 45 years. He taught property, evidence and labor law and was a founding member of the Carl A. Warns Jr. Labor and Employment Law Institute, which has been renamed the Warns-Render Labor and Employment Law Institute in his honor.
“He was such a fine man and impacted the careers of so many people,” said Dean Susan Duncan. “It seems so odd to start the school year without Ed.”
A smaller version of the portrait was given to Render’s family.