Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Together, Leonard and Satterfield were fighting suits brought by the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund, which asked the court to order immediate desegregation of school districts in Mississippi. Citing 15 years of evasion by the state, Defense Fund Attorney Jack Greenberg argued in his brief that such an edict was necessary "so that protracted litigation loses its attractiveness as a tactic for delaying desegregation." By contrast, Leonard urged the Justices to affirm a lower-court order that gives the school boards until Dec. 1 to submit new desegregation plans-but sets no deadline for implementation. "Disestablishment of a dual school system...
Last Saturday's ceremonies for the Association's center, featured former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark as speaker. Other guest speakers included Terry Lenzner 61, director of the Legal Services program of the Office of Economic Opportunity Robert B. McKay, dean of the New York University School of Law; Arthur Sutherland, Bussey Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School; and other noted figures of the law profession...
...ATLA publishes three periodicals, conducts nationwide seminars, and provides library services to keep lawyers in touch with legal developments...
Annually, the Association publishes Journal, a compendium of scholarly materials written on legal topics. Another publication, the Newsletter, is a monthly collection of cases and their summaries. Trial magazine, the only national legal magazine in the country, reflects the Association's attitudes on public affairs relevant to the legal profession...
...promote and continue legal education, the Association coordinates a seminar program at legal institutions through on the country...