Document Type
Video Recording
Publication Date
11-6-2000
Abstract
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Mary Catherine Roper (L '93) is the deputy legal director at the ACLU of Pennsylvania, where she coordinates litigation on a broad range of civil liberties issues, including freedom of speech, religious liberty, racial and ethnic justice, equality for lesbians and gay men, student rights, privacy, prisoners’ rights, and police misconduct. Prior to joining the ACLU, Mary Catherine was a partner in the firm of Drinker Biddle and Reath, where she was well known for her commitment to pro bono work. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Anita B. Brody of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and served a year with the Disabilities Law Project as the first recipient of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation Public Interest Fellowship.
Repository Citation
Docherty, Christine; Roper, Mary Catherine; and Legal Oral History Project, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, "Interview with Mary Catherine Roper" (2000). Legal Oral History Project. 25.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/lohp/25
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