Three from the Class of '57 Return for Program

Norman Rubash, Dick Thornburgh and Derrick Bell

Three distinguished members of the Pitt Law Class of ’57 returned to campus to present a provocative panel discussion on the “Ethical Challenges facing Attorneys and Law Schools.”

Dick Thornburgh, Derrick Bell and Norman Rubash spoke before a capacity crowd at the Barco Law Building’s Teplitz Memorial Courtroom, offering more than 150 years of collective legal experience in legal education, politics, government, and business.

Thornburgh is a former U.S. attorney general, governor of Pennsylvania and Undersecretary General of the United Nations. He is presently a member of the Board of Trustees at the University of Pittsburgh and is of counsel with the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP.

Derrick Bell is a visiting professor of constitutional law at New York University School of Law and renowned author of several books, including Ethical Ambition: Living a Life of Meaning and Worth. Professor Bell was the first African-American to receive tenure at Harvard Law School.

Norman Rubash is the former international executive vice president of Amoco Corporation.