Alvin Bronstein
Encyclopedia
Alvin J. Bronstein is an American lawyer
, and founder and Director Emeritus of the National
Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union
Foundation. According to his ACLU biography, 'he has argued numerous prisoners’ rights cases in federal trial and appellate
courts as well as the Supreme Court of the United States. He has been a consultant to state and federal correctional agencies, has appeared as an expert witness on numerous occasions and has edited or authored books and articles on human rights and corrections.'
He began his career working in the American South during the Civil Rights Movement, becoming the Chief Staff Counsel of the Lawyers’ Constitutional Defense Committee from 1964 to 1968 in Jackson, Mississippi. He litigated civil rights cases during that time in Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana, and represented the major civil rights organizations in the South.
He was a Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
, from 1969 to 1971.
He was Pace Law School’s Practitioner-in-Residence in 2009.
He served as the director of the National Prison Project from 1972 until 1995. Since his departure from the National Prison Project, he has been a consultant for the ACLU. He is also a board member of Penal Reform International (London) and a member of the Assembly of Delegates for the World Organization Against Torture (Geneva).
Lawyer
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, and founder and Director Emeritus of the National
Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union is a U.S. non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, legislation, and...
Foundation. According to his ACLU biography, 'he has argued numerous prisoners’ rights cases in federal trial and appellate
courts as well as the Supreme Court of the United States. He has been a consultant to state and federal correctional agencies, has appeared as an expert witness on numerous occasions and has edited or authored books and articles on human rights and corrections.'
He began his career working in the American South during the Civil Rights Movement, becoming the Chief Staff Counsel of the Lawyers’ Constitutional Defense Committee from 1964 to 1968 in Jackson, Mississippi. He litigated civil rights cases during that time in Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana, and represented the major civil rights organizations in the South.
He was a Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, from 1969 to 1971.
He was Pace Law School’s Practitioner-in-Residence in 2009.
He served as the director of the National Prison Project from 1972 until 1995. Since his departure from the National Prison Project, he has been a consultant for the ACLU. He is also a board member of Penal Reform International (London) and a member of the Assembly of Delegates for the World Organization Against Torture (Geneva).
Works
- "Incarceration as a Failed Policy", Real Cost of Prisons, August 29, 2005
- The Rights of prisoners: the basic ACLU guide to prisoners' rights, Authors David Rudovsky, Alvin J. Bronstein, Edward I. Koren, Southern Illinois University Press, 1988, ISBN 978-0-8093-1452-2
- Prisoners' self-help litigation manual, Authors James L. Potts, Alvin J. Bronstein, Lexington Books, 1976, ISBN 978-0-669-01640-6
- Prisoners' rights, 1979, Volume 2, Authors Alvin J. Bronstein, Philip J. Hirschkop, Practising Law Institute, 1979
- Representing prisoners, Authors Alvin J. Bronstein, Practising Law Institute, 1981