Drew S. Days

Drew S. Days III

Drew Saunders Days III (born August 29, 1941 ) is an American lawyer and former United States Solicitor General .

biography

After attending the High School of New Rochelle he studied at Hamilton College and received his in 1963 a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He completed a postgraduate degree in law at the Law School of Yale University in 1966 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). Immediately thereafter, he received his license to practice law in the state of Illinois .

After a stay in Honduras as a member of the Peace Corps from 1967 to 1969, he was first assistant to the legal advisor for judicial defense and the education fund of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in New York City from 1969 to 1977 . In 1970 he was also admitted to the bar in New York State . During this time he was also Professor of Law at Temple University in Pennsylvania from 1973 to 1975 .

In 1977 he became an employee of the United States Department of Justice , where he was assistant to the US Attorney General until 1980, head of the department for civil law . He was the first African American to hold this office. He has been Professor of Law at Yale since 1981 and has held the Alfred M. Rankin Professorship there since 1992.

In May 1993, Days was appointed US Solicitor General by US President Bill Clinton, a position he held for a little over three years until July 1996.

Drew S. Days is also involved in several other organizations and associations and is a member of the advisory body of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy , a board member of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and a trustee of Hamilton College. He is also a fellow of the American Bar Association and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Web links

• Biography Ministry of Justice (English)
• Drew S. Days in the nndb (English)