William A. Reppy Jr.
Charles L. B. Lowndes Emeritus Professor of Law
A.B. 1963, J.D. 1966, Stanford University. Professor Reppy is a native of Oxnard, California. He commenced his professional career with two judicial clerkships-one in the Supreme Court of
California, followed by another in the Supreme Court of the United States. He then practiced law for three years with a private firm in Los Angeles, until joining the Duke law faculty in 1971. He
has also taught at the Universities of California, Michigan, Washington, and North Carolina. His principal scholarly work is in the areas of marital property rights and conflict of laws. He serves
on the North Carolina General Statutes Commission. He is a frequent consultant to the California Law Revision Commission on community property and succession law. He does pro bono legal work for
the humane and animal rights movements.