Richard C. Maxwell (October 7, 1919 - October 7, 2016) was Chadwick Professor Emeritus of Law at Duke University.
A graduate of Duke and the University of Minnesota Law School, Maxwell was previously Connell Professor and Dean of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles.
[1] A struggling institution at the time (1958-1969), he provided the leadership to make the UCLA School of Law a nationally prominent center for legal research and teaching.
[3] An expert on oil and gas law, he also served as president of the Association of American Law Schools.
[4][5] Maxwell received the Clyde O. Martz award by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation in 1994.