A California Supreme Court justice looks at law and society, 1964-1996
By: Allen E. Broussard ; with an introduction by Carl B. Metoyer ; interviews conducted by Gabrielle Morris in 1991, 1992, 1995, and 1996. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Metoyer, Carl B.; Morris, Gabrielle S.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.; Online Archive of California.
Publisher: Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California
Published: 1997
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Oakland, (Calif.). Municipal Court.; California. Superior Court (Alameda County); California. Supreme Court.; California. Advisory Committee on Race and Gender in the California Courts.; African American lawyers -- California -- Interviews.; African Americans -- California -- Oakland.; Lawyers -- California -- Oakland -- Interviews.; Discrimination in justice administration -- California.
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: University of California black alumni series.
Description: Allen Broussard discusses growing up in Louisiana, and later attending Law School at Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley. He talks about his law practice, building a political base, and working with the NAACP, Bay Area African American political leaders, and his service on the Oakland Municipal Court, Alameda Superior Court, and the California Supreme Court, including work with the Advisory Committee on Race and Gender in the California Courts. He closes with a discussion of his retirement.

3 volumes: 1991-92 Public hearings on racial & ethnic bias in the California state court system (1993); Fairness in the California state courts (1993); and, Racial and ethnic composition of the California trial courts (1995).