Making Sure We Are True to Our Founders - by Jeffrey Morris (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

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.

From the Back Cover

While never turning away from its earlier concerns, during the years 1970-1995 the City Bar became a role model for bar associations throughout the United States by directly providing legal services for the poor while at the same time becoming vastly more inclusive in its membership and leadership. The author vividly describes the City Bar's contribution to national events such as its 'march' on Washington against the Vietnam War and the battles against the nominations of G. Harold Carswell and Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.