Professor Emeritus Stephen J. Werber

  • Professor Emeritus, CSU College of Law

Stephen J. Werber is a graduate of Cornell Law School (JD, 1964), New York University (LLM, 1970), and the Siegal College of Jewish Studies (MA, 2003), where he earned the Polster Award for Academic Excellence. Prior to joining the faculty in 1970 he was an FCC Staff Attorney and later became an Associate at a New York law firm with a focus on products liability litigation. At Cleveland-Marshall, he served as Assistant Dean (1973-74), Faculty Advisor to the Moot Court of Governors (1981-2001), Faculty Advisor to the Journal of Law and Health (1993-1999), and was active in many aspects of faculty and overall school governance. He took emeritus status in 2006, but continued to teach through Spring 2013. Prof. Werber is widely published in two of his three primary teaching areas, Products Liability including Tort Reform and Judaic Law, but more students will remember him teaching almost four decades of Contracts classes. He was a member of many professional organizations, including the American Law Institute; the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, where he served on the Bar Admissions Committee and the Sub-Committee on Professionalism; and the William K. Thomas Chapter, American Inns of Court, where he is a founding member and Past President. He is an Honorary Member of the CSULAA. Professor Werber was the first recipient of the Dean Wilson Stapleton Award for Faculty Excellence and a recipient of the Alumni Association’s President’s Award.