
Drew Saunders Days III
'Drew Saunders Days III', U.S.
lawyer, He served as
United States Solicitor General from 1993 to
1996. He was appointed by
President Bill Clinton. From 1977 to
1980, he served as
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.
He is currently the Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law at
Yale Law School, assuming that post in 1992, and joining the Yale Law faculty in
1981. Since 1997, he has also headed the Supreme Court and appellate practice at
Morrison & Foerster LLP and is based in the firm's
Washington, D.C. office. He has been admitted to practice law before the
United States Supreme Court, and in the states of
Illinois and
New York.
He graduated from
New Rochelle High School in
New Rochelle, New York, before going on to earn an undergraduate degree from
Hamilton College, and a law degree from Yale. Upon graduation from law school, he briefly practiced law in
Chicago, Illinois, before becoming a
Peace Corps volunteer in
Honduras. Returning to the United States, he became First Assistant Counsel at the
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund in
New York City.
References
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Yale Law School Faculty Profile
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Office of the Solicitor General Biography