Norman Dorsen

Norman Dorsen (September 4, 1930 – July 1, 2017) was the Frederick I. and Grace A. Stokes Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program at the New York University School of Law, where he specialized in Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, and Comparative Constitutional Law. Previously, he was president of the American Civil Liberties Union, 1976–1991. He was also president of the Society of American Law Teachers, 1972–1973, and president of the U.S. Association of Constitutional Law in 2000.

Dorsen successfully argued the case of ''In re Gault'', 387 U.S. 1 (1967), before the U.S. Supreme Court which held that juveniles accused of crimes in a delinquency proceeding must be afforded many of the same due process rights as adults.

He argued numerous cases before the Supreme Court, including ''Levy v. Louisiana'' (1968), ensuring equal protection for out-of-wedlock children, and ''United States v. Vuitch'' (1971), the first abortion case to reach the Court.

Dorsen sat on the Council on Foreign Relations, and was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Provided by Wikipedia