Allison H. Eid, associate professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law, will be able to serve her students next semester while also serving her country.
Eid was appointed last month by President Bush to the Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise. Established by Congress in 1955 to administer the funds given to the government by the late Justice Holmes, the Permanent Committee prepares the history of the U.S. Supreme Court and sponsors the annual Oliver Wendell Holmes Lecture.
"I am honored by the President's appointment and appreciate this unique opportunity to give something back to the Supreme Court," said Eid.
Eid graduated in 1991 from the University of Chicago Law School, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. After earning her bachelor's degree with distinction in American Studies from Stanford University in 1987, she served as a Special Assistant and speechwriter to then Secretary of Education William J. Bennett.
Eid joined the faculty of the CU law school in 1998 and teaches first-year tort law, advanced torts and legislation and the legislative process. Before joining the faculty of the law school, Professor Eid clerked for the Honorable Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and for Judge Jerry E. Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
She also practiced commercial and appellate litigation with the Denver office of Arnold & Porter, a Washington, D.C., law firm.
Professor Eid lives in Golden with her two children and husband, Troy Eid, a member of Gov. Bill Owens' cabinet who also serves on the Advisory Board of the Natural Resources Law Center at the CU law school.
Past members of the Permanent Committee include former U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Robert Bork (1990-98), former Stanford University President Gerhard Casper (1985-93) and former President of the American Law Institute Charles A. Wright (1975-83).