Louis J. Sirico Jr., a professor of legal writing at the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and a longtime member of The Legal’s editorial board, died Dec. 26 of cancer at age 73.

Sirico was a nationally recognized figure in the field of legal writing. He taught courses in Advanced Legal Writing, Property, Land Use Planning, and a legal history course on the drafting of the Constitution and Bill of Rights as a faculty member of Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law since 1981.