Arthur Lewis Brown

Personal

Birthday: 
11/28/1854
Birthplace: 
Providence, RI
Date of Death: 
6/10/1928
Place of Death: 
Providence, RI
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Providence, Rhode Island, 1878-1895

Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, February 10, 1913; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School: 
Brown University
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1876
Name of School - Second: 

Boston University School of Law

Boston University School of Law (BU Law) is a nationally recognized law school located in the heart of Boston University's campus on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts.

Consistently ranked in the top 30 law schools, "U.S. News and World Report" currently ranks it 26th in the country. Three specialties are in the top 10, including Health Law (#5), Tax Law (#7), and Intellectual Property Law (#9). Princeton Review ranks it 2nd place nationally in "Best Professors" and 7th place for "Best Classroom Experience." For the class of 2017, the median student LSAT score was 163 and median GPA was 3.66.

Boston University School of Law offers a broad selection of legal classes and seminars (approximately 200) with a student to faculty ratio of 12:1.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1878

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, District of Rhode Island
Court Name: 

Rhode Island District Court

President Nominating: 
Grover Cleveland
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
12/15/1896
Termination Date: 
6/30/1927
Termination Reason: 
Retirement