Law Practice
Jan. 21, 2009
Witnesses to History: California Lawyers Trek to Inauguration
On a summer day in 1963, litigator Sanford Jay Rosen witnessed Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Rosen is one of many California attorneys who have decided to make the cross-country trek to watch Obama put his hand on the same Bible used by Abraham Lincoln, take the oath of office and address the nation as its first black president.
Daily Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON-On a summer day in 1963, litigator Sanford Jay Rosen was one of the hundreds of thousands on hand to witness Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. For Rosen, then 25 years old, King's passionate and principled call for racial harmony cemented his commitment to civil rights and civil liberties, fueling a legal career that ha...
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