Background
Norman Dorsen was born on September 4, 1930 in New York City, to Arthur and Tanya (Stone) Dorsen.
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Norman Dorsen
Norman Dorsen is a professor at the New York University School of Law, and specializes in Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, and Comparative Constitutional Law.
Education
In 1950, Dorsen received a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard University in 1953.
Career
Previously Dorsen was president of the American Civil Liberties Union, 1976–1991. Dorsen was also president of the Society of American Law Teachers, 1972–1973, and president of the United States. Association of Constitutional Law in 2000. Dorsen successfully argued the case of In re Gault, 387 United States. 1 (1967), before the United States. 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.
Dorsen is the author of numerous books, including Comparative Constitutionalism (2003 ), Our Endangered Rights (1984 ), and Frontiers of Civil Liberties (1968).
Dorsen"s papers related to multiple aspects of the American civil liberties movement from the 1950s to the 1980s are housed in the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Achievements
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Norman Dorsen has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell. Dorsen also sits on the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
