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Civil Rights

Sep. 16, 2024

50 years on, Mark Rosenbaum remains the 'radical lawyer' he dreamed of being

Over 40 years, Rosenbaum litigated some of the ACLU of Southern California's biggest cases, arguing four times before the U.S. Supreme Court. He has continued to bring major public interest litigation since moving to Public Counsel 10 years ago. Much of his work has involved access to better education for K-12 students.

Mark D. Rosenbaum (Ricardo Pineda)

Mark D. Rosenbaum hadn't received his bar card when he argued before U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas a major issue in one the of most important public interest cases in U.S. history: the prosecution of Daniel Ellsberg for leaking the Pentagon Papers. The ensuing 50 years of his practice have been a Forest Gumpian tour through the nation's principal legal disputes.

"It is truly extraordinary for somebody to have spent 50 years as a public interest lawyer a...

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