Neill Herbert Alford Jr
Born(1919-07-13)July 13, 1919
Greenville, South Carolina
DiedOctober 20, 2007(2007-10-20) (aged 88)
Charlottesville, Virginia
EducationCitadel (B.A.) University of Virginia (L.L.B.) Yale University (J.S.D)

Neill Herbert Alford Jr was an American professor, author, legal scholar, and World War Two veteran. He served as a Professor of Law at the University of Virginia.[1] [2]

A distinguished legal scholar, Alford was a Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, eventually authoring the books Modern Economic Warfare: Law and the Naval Participant and co-authoring Cases and Materials on Decedents Estates and Trusts, the latter still a widely-used law book.[2] He also wrote many journal articles and book reviews.[3]

He also held many other academic positions, including the Chair of International Law at the U.S. Naval War College; Lehman distinguished visiting professor of law at Washington University (St. Louis) in 1991; and a summer law teacher at George Washington University, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Alabama, just to name a few.

He died on October 20, 2007, in Charlottesville, Virginia, at the age of 88.

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  1. ^ Flaherty, Randi. "Law Library Guides: Our History: Former Faculty [Fall 2020 - this site is under construction as we update this list]: Alford, Neill H., Jr. (1947-1974, 1976-1990)". libguides.law.virginia.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  2. ^ a b "Neill H. Alford, '40 – The Citadel Alumni Association". Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  3. ^ Alford, Neill ((Dec., 1956)). "Insurance" (PDF). Virginia Law Review. 42 (8): 1172–1177. doi:10.2307/1069882. JSTOR 1069882 – via JSTOR. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)