Days, Drew S., III, 1941-2020
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Name (Latin)
Days, Drew S., III, 1941-2020
Other forms of name
nnea Days, Drew S
Date of birth
1941-08-29
Date of death
2020-11-15
Other designation
African Americans
Place of birth
Atlanta (Ga.)
Place of death
East Haven (Conn.)
Associated country
United States
Place of residence/headquarters
Tampa (Fla.)
New Rochelle (N.Y.)
Other associated place
Chicago (Ill.)
Honduras
Washington (D.C.)
Field of activity
Law
Law--Study and teaching
Civil rights
Associate group
Peace Corps (U.S.)
Cotton, Watt, Jones & King
Cotton, Watt, Jones & King (1966 - 1966)
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (1969 - 1969)
Temple University. School of Law
Temple University. School of Law (1973 - 1973)
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (1975 - 1975)
United States. Department of Justice. Civil Rights Division
United States. Department of Justice. Civil Rights Division (1977 - 1977)
Yale Law School
Yale Law School (1981 - 1981)
United States. Solicitor General
United States. Solicitor General (1993 - 1993)
Morrison & Foerster
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.)
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Occupation
Lawyers
Civil rights lawyers
Law teachers
College teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
Drew Saunders
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Justice enjoined, c1992:title page (Drew S. Days, III)
- AALS directory of law teachers, 1988-89:pages 266-267 (Days, Drew S., 3d; male; born 1941; LL.B., 1966, Yale; admitted to bar in Illinois, 1966, New York, 1970; associate at Cotton, Watt, Jones & King, Chicago, IL,1966-1967; associate counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, NYC, 1969-1973, 1975-1977; associate professor, Temple, 1973-1975; assistant attorney general, Department of Justice, DC, 1977-1981; assoc. prof., Yale, 1981-1986, professor, 1986-; member ALI, editorial board since 1987; Lawyers Com. for Civil Rights Under Law; Bd., U.S. Citizens' Com. to Monitor the Helsinki Accords)
- in obituary dated November 19, 2020 (Drew S. Days III; died November 15 in East Haven, Connecticut, age 79; spent decades seeking to advance the cause of civil rights from positions both inside and outside the government; lawyer, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; head, Justice Department Civil Rights Division, 1977-1980; first Black person to head any division in the Justice Department; joined Yale Law School faculty in 1981, teaching until his retirement in 2018; leave of absence from Yale to serve as solicitor general, 1993-1996; born in Atlanta on August 29, 1941; grew up in Tampa, also lived in New Rochelle, New York; bachelor's degree in English literature, Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, 1963; J.D., Yale, 1966; briefly practiced law in Chicago, then served in the Peace Corps in Honduras before joining the NAACP ( (Washington post website, viewed November 23, 2020:) )
- Drew S. Days III; Drew Saunders Days III; August 29, 1941-November 15, 2020; headed Supreme Court and appellate practice at Morrison & Foerster LLP, of counsel at the firm's Washington, DC office until his retirement from the firm in December 2011; admitted to practice law before the US Supreme Court and in the states of Illinois and New York; member, Democratic Party ( (Wikipedia, viewed November 23, 2020) )
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Drew S. Days, III
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Wikipedia description:
Drew Saunders Days III (August 29, 1941 – November 15, 2020) was an American legal scholar who served as Solicitor General of the United States from 1993 to 1996 under President Bill Clinton. He also served as the first African American Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division in the Carter Administration from 1977 to 1980. He was the Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law at Yale Law School, assuming that post in 1992, and joining the Yale Law faculty in 1981. From 1997 to 2011, he headed the Supreme Court and appellate practice at Morrison & Foerster LLP and was of counsel at the firm's Washington, D.C. office until his retirement from the firm in December, 2011. He earned his Juris Doctor degree at Yale Law School in 1966. He was admitted to practice law before the United States Supreme Court, and in the states of Illinois and New York.
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