David Kairys
Law professor, Author
1943 –
Who is David Kairys?
David Kairys is Professor of Law at Temple University School of Law. He is the first James E. Beasley Chair.
Kairys is a civil rights lawyer. He authored Philadelphia Freedom, Memoir of a Civil Rights Lawyer and With Liberty and Justice for Some. He is a gun control proponent.
Kairys earned a B.S. from Cornell University, an LL.B. from Columbia Law School, and an LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He specializes in constitutional law and civil rights law. He was a founding partner and is of counsel to Kairys, Rudovsky, Epstein, Messing & Rau.
Among his awards are the Alliance for Justice honor list for 2008, the Association of American Law Schools 2007 Deborah Rhode Award for extraordinary contribution to public interest by a law professor, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania's Civil Liberties Award, the Poor Richard Club of Philadelphia Pro Bono Award, the Freil-Scanlan Award, and the First James E. Beasley Chair.
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- Born
- Apr 16, 1943
United States of America - Profession
- Education
- Cornell University
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on July 23, 2013
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