Background
Broun, Kenneth Stanley was born on July 26, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Fred G. and Helene (Smith) Broun.
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In the struggle against apartheid, one often overlooked group of crusaders was the coterie of black lawyers who overcame the Byzantine system that the government established oftentimes explicitly to block the paths of its black citizens from achieving justice. Now, in their own voices, we have the narratives of many of those lawyers as recounted in a series of oral interviews. Black Lawyers, White Courts is their story and the anti-apartheid story that has before now gone untold. Professor Kenneth Broun conducted interviews with twenty-seven black South African lawyers. They were asked to tell about their lives, including their family backgrounds, education, careers, and their visions for the future. In many instances they also discussed their years in prison or exile, or under house arrest. Most told of both education and careers interrupted because of the ongoing struggle. The story of the professional achievements of black lawyers in South Africa -- indeed their very survival -- provides an example of the triumph of individuals and, ultimately, of the law. Black Lawyers, White Courts is about South Africa, and about black professionals in that country, but the lessons its protagonists teach extend far beyond circumstances, geography, or race.
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Broun, Kenneth Stanley was born on July 26, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Fred G. and Helene (Smith) Broun.
Bachelor of Science, University Illinois, 1960. Juris Doctor, University Illinois, 1963.
From associate professor to professor University North Carolina Law School, Chapel Hill, since 1969, honorary Brandis professor law, since 1990. Director National Institute Trial Advocacy, 1976-1979. Dean School Law University of North Carolina, 1979-1987.
Of counsel Petree & Stockton, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1988-1994. Mayor Town Chapel Hill, 1991-1995. Co-director program in trial advocacy Black Lawyers Association South Africa.
Member Advisory Committee on Federal Rules of Evidence, 1993-1999, consultant, since 1999.
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Author: Black Lawyers, White Courts, 2000. Co-author (with R. Mosteller): Problems in Evidence, 4th edition, 2001. Editor (with J. Strong et al): Handbook of Evidence, 6th edition, 2006.Author: Brandis and Broun, North Carolina Evidence, 2003. Co-author (with R. Mosteller et al): Cases and Materials in Evidence, 6th edition, 2002.
Fellow American Bar Foundation, International Society Barristers. Member American Bar Association, National Institute Trial Advocacy (chairman 1993-1994), North Carolina Bar Association (vice president 1991-1992), Order of Coif.
Married Marjorie Enid Shagam, January 29, 1961. Children: Jonathan, Daniel.