Making Sure We Are True to Our Founders: The Association of the Bar of the City of NY, 1970-95

by Jeffrey Brandon Morris

In Making Sure We Are True to Our Founders, Morris describes the Association’s contributions to judicial selection and discipline, lawyer ethics, federal and state laws and rules, the responsible governance of New York City, and international human rights. The extraordinary role of the Association in prodding New York's large law firms to hire, retain, and promote minority attorneys, and its activities in aiding the homeless, those ill with AIDS, immigrants, and the elderly, are also described.

185 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Jeffrey B. Morris is professor of law at the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center of Touro College. He's author of over a dozen books, including Federal Justice in the 2nd Circuit & To Administer Justice on Behalf of All the People: The US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1965-90. He's been professor of political science at City College of the City University of New York & the University of Pennsylvania & visiting professor of law at the Brooklyn Law School. He's served as the chief research associate to Chief Justice Warren Burger in Burger's role as head of the federal court system.