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Lawyers Make ‘Thanksgiving Honor Roll’
As it has done for more than 40 years, the Village Voice picks a NYC honor roll each Thanksgiving to pay homage to those who work in the trenches, going about the "tough, everyday work of remedying inequality" and honoring "those who have stood tall against abuses of power."
This year, there are a few lawyers on the honor roll. (In the comments section, tell us which lawyers would make the honor roll in your neck of the woods.)
The Village Voice notes that eight years before Barack Obama graduated from Harvard Law, another young African-American, James O'Neal, took his newly minted J.D. to Harlem, where he founded Legal Outreach, a program that helps… Continue reading...