James C. Kirby was the thirteenth dean of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.
[1] Kirby earned his bachelor's degree in political science with honors from Vanderbilt University in 1950.
He then became chief counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, serving from 1961 to 1963.
Kirby was next appointed the thirteenth dean of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, serving from 1970 to 1974.
Finally, Kirby was a member of the faculty at the University of Tennessee College of Law, where he served as acting dean in 1980 and 1981, and retired in 1988.