Diane Pamela Wood

Judge Diane Pamela Wood

Personal

Birthday:

1950

Birthplace:

Plainfield, NJ

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Female

Prior Employment:

Law clerk, Hon. Irving Goldberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1975-1976
Law clerk, Hon. Harry Blackmun, Supreme Court of the United States, 1976-1977
Attorney-advisor, Office of the Legal Advisor, U.S. Department of State, 1977-1978
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1978-1980
Assistant professor of law, Georgetown University, 1980-1981
Faculty, University of Chicago, 1981-1995; assistant professor, 1981-1988; professor, 1988-1995; associate dean, 1989-1992
Special assistant to the assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1985-1987
Deputy assistant attorney general for international, appellate, and policy, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1993-1995

Education

Name of School:

University of Texas

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1971

Name of School - Second:

University of Texas School of Law

Only a large law school devoted to excellence across the range of modern legal education can offer this diversity. UT manages to do so while at the same time offering students intimate settings for study and recreation. The entering class is divided into eight extracurricular Societies, which become hubs of fun and friendship. The first year curriculum includes small classes offering individual attention, and the upper class curriculum is studded with seminars, colloquia, and clinics. Large class or small, good teaching is the norm. Student satisfaction surveys place Texas at or near the top year after year; our teaching track record is seldom matched by any other law school.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1975

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Court Name:

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

William J. Clinton

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

6/30/1995