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Owen Fiss, Lawyers and the Liberal Tradition

July 11, 2017

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Owen Fiss, leading constitutional theorist and Yale Law School professor, explores the purpose and possibilities of life in the law through moving accounts of 13 lawyers who shaped the legal world during the past half-century as described in his new book, Pillars of Justice: Lawyers and the Liberal Tradition.

Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderated the event on July 11. 2017 in Philadelphia.

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