Goler Teal Butcher

Goler Teal Butcher (born July 13, 1925 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † June 9, 1993 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer of African American descent. She served as a professor at Howard University from 1973 to 1992, teaching in particular international law with a focus on human rights . The Goler T. Butcher Medal, awarded by the American Society for International Law for outstanding contributions in the field of human rights , is named after her .

Life

Goler Teal Butcher was born in Philadelphia in 1925 and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with an AB degree in 1946 . She later studied law at Howard University until 1957 and received a Master of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania in 1958 . As a law clerk, she assisted William H. Hastie in 1958/1959 , the first African-American judge at a federal appeals court in the history of the United States. From 1960 to 1962 she worked for the Legal Aid Society, a New York- based organization providing legal support to people on low incomes.

After working as an analyst with the Library of Congress in 1962/1963, she worked as a lawyer in the United States Department of State from 1963 to 1971 . In 1973 she became a professor in the law school of Howard University, where she taught international law with a focus on human rights until 1992, as well as common law and the fundamentals of the American legal system to foreign students . She served in senior positions with the United States Agency for International Development during Jimmy Carter's presidency and on the Bill Clinton administration transition team .

Goler Teal Butcher was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations from 1992 and was also a member of the board of directors of the American section of Amnesty International . She died in Washington, DC in 1993. The American Society for International Law , of which she was made Honorary Vice President, has awarded the Goler T. Butcher Medal since 1997 for outstanding contributions to the further development and effective implementation of human rights.

Butcher, Goler Teal. In: Darlene Clark Hine: Black Women in America. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005, ISBN 0-19-515677-3 , Volume 2, p. 254
Women and Minorities in International Law. Goler Teal Butcher. In: John Clay Smith, J. Clay Smith, Jr .: Rebels in Law: Voices in History of Black Women Lawyers. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 2000, ISBN 0-47-208646-4 , pp. 257-259

personal data
SURNAME	Butcher, Goler Teal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer specializing in international law
DATE OF BIRTH	July 13, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	June 9, 1993
Place of death	Washington, DC