What is Norman Dorsen?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Norman Dorsen |image = Norman Dorsen by David Shankbone (cropped).jpg |image_size = 200px |caption = Dorsen in 2007 |birth_date = {{birth date|1930|9|4}} |birth_place = [[Manhattan, New York]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2017|7|1|1930|9|4}} |death_place = Manhattan, New York, U.S. |fields = [[Constitutional law]] |workplaces = [[New York University School of Law]] |alma_mater = [[Columbia University]]<br>[[Harvard Law School]] }} '''Norman Dorsen''' (September 4, 1930 – July 1, 2017) was an American lawyer. He was the Frederick I. and Grace A. Stokes Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program at the [[New York University School of Law]]. ==Career== Dorsen specialized in Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, and Comparative Constitutional Law.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Calder|first1=Rich|title=Judge tossed from ‘stop-and-frisk’ wants day in court|url=https://nypost.com/2013/11/06/judge-removed-from-stop-and-frisk-wants-her-day-in-court/|access-date=July 3, 2017|work=New York Post|date=November 6, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Naomi Slaps the Peta-Bred Vigilantes|url=http://pagesix.com/2000/08/27/naomi-slaps-the-peta-bred-vigilantes/?_ga=2.172789604.652169935.1499079065-830654211.1469893290|access-date=July 3, 2017|work=New York Post|date=August 27, 2000}}</ref> He was president of the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] from 1976 through 1991. He was also president of the Society of American Law Teachers, 1972–1973, and president of the U.S. Association of Constitutional Law in 2000. Dorsen successfully argued the case of ''[[In re Gault]]'', 387 U.S. 1 (1967), before the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] which held that juveniles accused of crimes in a delinquency proceeding must be afforded many of the same [[due process]] rights as adults.<ref>[https://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1966/1966_116 In re Gault]. Oye