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January 28, 2013
FORMER TOURO LAW DEAN HOWARD GLICKSTEIN
RECEIVES STATE BAR’S HAYWOOD BURNS AWARD
Howard Glickstein, dean emeritus of Touro Law Center, is the 2013
recipient of the Haywood Burns Award given by the Committee on Civil
Rights of the New York State Bar Association.
Glickstein, who received the award on January 24 at the State
Bar’s Annual Meeting in New York City, was honored for his
lifelong commitment to social justice and the law. He helped draft the
federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as
well as instilled an appreciation for social justice in the minds of
thousands of law students.
“Dean Glickstein has dedicated his life to ensuring a more just
world through working on landmark legislation and later influencing
generations of lawyers. He is a true example of paying it
forward,” said Diana Sen of Manhattan (Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs), chair of the Committee on Civil Rights. “We
are pleased to recognize his achievements and passion for social
justice.”
Glickstein began his legal career as a labor law associate at
Proskauer. He next served as a staff attorney with the Appeals and
Research Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights
Division. In that position, he helped draft the landmark
anti-discrimination legislation that ended racial segregation and unfair
voting practices.
President Jimmy Carter appointed Glickstein director of the Task
Force on Civil Rights Reorganization. He also served as general counsel
and staff director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, where he led
national efforts to overcome racial intolerance.
Switching his career focus to legal education, Glickstein was
founding director of the Notre Dame Center for Civil Rights, professor
and director of the Equal Employment Litigation Clinic at Howard
University School of Law, and dean of the University of Bridgeport
School of Law.
A Northport resident, Glickstein was dean of Touro Law Center from
1986 to 2004. He is credited with increasing the school’s
enrollment of law students of color and creating a more inclusive law
school environment. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Yale Law
School.
The 76,000-member New York State Bar Association is the largest
voluntary state bar association in the nation. It was founded in
1876.
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