Arthur Bryant (right), executive director of Public Justice, spoke about his decades as a pioneering public interest attorney during the inaugural event of the Dean A. Robb Public Interest Lecture Series on Tuesday, Oct. 16, sponsored by the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights in the Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium at Wayne State University Law School.
The lecture series is intended to inspire law students, attorneys, public interest groups, and everyday citizens to become more active in public service and public interest law.
Public Justice, a project of the Public Justice Foundation, takes on cases that few others have the resources to handle, and “holds corporate and government wrongdoers accountable.”
During his career, Bryant has battled for workers’ civil rights, environmental protection and consumer rights, and established precedent-setting litigation on behalf of the public good.
The lecture series honors Wayne Law alumnus Dean Robb (left), a civil rights attorney and social activist who was Public Justice’s president in 1982-83. Robb marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and has spent decades as a champion of civil rights, workers’ rights and consumers’ safety.
The lecture series would not be possible without the generosity of Pitt, McGehee, Palmer, Rivers, & Golden PC. Wayne Law alumnus Michael Pitt is a managing partner of the firm and a board member of the Public Justice Foundation.
