Conrad K. Harper
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Conrad K. Harper (born December 2, 1940) is am American lawyer. He is a retired partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, a former president of the New York City Bar Association, and an emeritus member of the Council of the American Law Institute.
Early life and education
Harper was born in
Harper received a
He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Harvard University in 2007.[1]
Career
Harper began his career in 1965 as an attorney with the
In 1971, he joined the firm
Other public service
Harper was also active in a number of
From 2000 to 2005, Harper served as the first African-American member of the
Harper has served on the board of trustees of a number of prominent cultural and political organizations, including the
Law reform work
Harper is a longtime member of the American Law Institute and was elected to the ALI Council in 1985. He served as the Institute's First Vice President from 2000 to 2004, and as Second Vice President from 1998 to 2000. He has served as an Adviser on several ALI law reform projects, including Recognition & Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, and Transnational Rules of Civil Procedure. He currently serves as a Counselor on the Restatement Fourth, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States.[6]
References
- ^ "Honorary degree recipients and citations, 2007". 14 June 2007.
- ^ Jeffrey B. Morris. “Making Sure We are True to Our Founders”: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1980-1995. New York, NY: Fordham University Press, 1997. p.134 - 135
- ^ “I Can No Longer Support the President.” Harvard Magazine. September, 2005
- ^ "Conrad Kenneth Harper". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
- ^ Restatement Fourth, The Foreign Relations Law of the U.S. - Project participants Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
Sources
- The Committee to Celebrate Black History Month. “Conrad K. Harper.” Pioneering African-Americans in the Courts and Legal Community Past and Present New York, NY: Privately Published, February 1992. P. 8
- “I Can No Longer Support the President.” Harvard Magazine. September, 2005.
- “A Harvard Governor, Dissatisfied, Resigns.” ‘’The New York Times. July 29, 2005.
- Morris, Jeffrey B. “Making Sure We are True to Our Founders”: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1980-1995. New York, NY: Fordham University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8232-1738-8