Acadia Senior College

Instructor

Richard S. Cohen

Richard Cohen is a New Jersey native. He graduated cum laude from the School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton University, and cum laude from the Yale Law School. After twelve years of law practice, he was a trial judge of the New Jersey Superior Court for ten years and a judge of the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court for eleven years. After retiring from the bench, he conducted an arbitration and mediation practice, and served as special master for various courts. He has summered on MDI since 1977, and retired here in 2017. He has taught six ASC courses on constitutional law, its historical development, and the effects of Supreme Court decisions.