At the end of September 2009 Georgetown University Law Center appointed Georgetown Law Professor Philip Schrag to the newly established Delaney Family Professorship in Public Interest Law. The Delaney Family Chair is one of a few chairs that recognize achievements in the field of public interest law. Schrag’s achievements are vast and include starting out as a staff attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, followed by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, then becoming a professor at Columbia Law School in the vanguard of the clinical legal education movement, joining the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and finally settling at Georgetown Law School. At Georgetown Law School, he created and ran the Public Interest Law Scholars program, directs the Center for Applied Legal Studies clinic and its post-graduate fellowship program, and played a role in ensuring the passage of the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007.
Schrag’s used his inaugural lecture as an opportunity to promote public interest work. His inspiring speech lays out ten reasons to become a public interest lawyer. Click here to read this speech.
Schrag’s used his inaugural lecture as an opportunity to promote public interest work. His inspiring speech lays out ten reasons to become a public interest lawyer. Click here to read this speech.
