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Soia Mentschikoff (April 5, 1915 – June 18, 1984) was a Russian American lawyer, law professor, legal scholar and law school dean, best known for her work in the development and drafting of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Soia Mentschikoff (1915–1984) reformed how the United States does business and led the way for later generations of women in law.
19 giu 1984 · Soia Mentschikoff, a leading legal educator and scholar, died of cancer at her home here today. She was 69 years old. Despite her illness, Miss Mentschikoff, who had taught at Harvard and the...
9 apr 2013 · Soia Mentschikoff By Jim Reynolds, ’68. During the mid-1960s, the Law School faculty was unmatched anywhere in the Western world. Among that group, Soia Mentschikoff etched the most indelible impressions. She was a person of considerable stature— physically, scholastically, and experientially.
This collection contains the papers of Soia Mentschikoff, law professor at the University of Chicago, Dean of the Law School at the University of Miami, and one of the chief drafters of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Soia was a gifted, powerful, analytic person. She was the associate chief reporter for the Uniform Commercial Code. She had been the Dean of the Miami School of Law for eight years until 1982. There her qualities, and possibly the place of her birth, earned her the affectionate but awed nick-name of "Czarina."
Soia Mentschikoff (1915–1984) reformed how the United States does business and led the way for later generations of women in law. When Soia Mentschikoff entered a room, an atmospheric change swept in with her.
