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Nan Aron
Nan Aron
Born	1948 (age 76–77); New York City, U.S.
Education	Oberlin College (BA); Case Western Reserve University (JD)
Occupation	Lawyer

Nan Aron (born 1948) is an American lawyer^[1] and the founder and president of Alliance for Justice (AFJ), a liberal judicial advocacy group in the United States.^[2]^[3]^[4] Staunchly progressive, Aron has been a noted opponent of conservative judicial nominees in the United States.^[5]^[6] She repeatedly called for former Presidents Bill Clinton^[2] and Barack Obama to be more aggressive in nominating progressives to the bench,^[7] and during George W. Bush's presidency, urged the Democrat-controlled Senate to consider Bush's nominees closely.^[2]^[8] She is considered a key player in confirmation hearings for judicial nominees,^[2] and, in 2005, was called "the Madame Defarge of liberal court watchers" in the Wall Street Journal.^[5]^[9]

Career

Aron received her B.A. in sociology and Chinese from Oberlin College and her J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.^[9]^[10] Prior to founding Alliance for Justice, Aron worked as a staff attorney for the ACLU's National Prison Project.^[9]^[10]^[11] Aron went on to serve as a trial attorney for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,^[9] where she litigated race and sex discrimination cases against companies and unions in federal and district courts. In 1979, Aron founded the Alliance for Justice,^[9] and began investigating judicial nominees during Ronald Reagan's presidency.^[2] She established the Alliance's Judicial Selection Project in 1985.^[5]

Aron has taught at Georgetown and George Washington University Law Schools, and serves on the Dean's Advisory Council at American University's Washington College of Law.^[12]

Aron authored Liberty and Justice for All: Public Interest Law in the 1980s and Beyond in 1989,^[13]^[14] which the Harvard Law Review said was "[s]ure to evoke a new pledge of allegiance to public interest law",^[15] as well as Justice in the Making—A Citizen's Guide in 1993 with Alliance for Justice.^[12]

Aron referenced overcoming the dual challenges of being a woman and a Jew in the State Department in 2004.^[10]

Personal life

Aron was born in a Jewish household in 1948 in New York City.^[10] She is married to psychiatrist Bernard Arons; they have three children.^[9]

References

^ Yeager, Holly (June 22, 2005). "Liberal campaigner ready for next big trial". Financial Times. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Savage, David G. (6 July 2001). "Court Nominee Warfare Opens". The Los Angeles Times. p. A5. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
^ Mauro, Tony (May 22, 2015). "Supreme Court 'Litmus Test' Emerges in White House Race". National Law Journal. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
^ Bravin, Jess (May 18, 2015). "Supreme Court Rules Felons May Sell, Transfer 'Clean' Guns". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Davis, Marcia (November 9, 2005). "Her Idea of Justice: Absolutely Not Alito". Washington Post. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
^ Kirkpatrick, David (November 14, 2005). "Liberal Coalition Is Making Plans to Take Fight Beyond Abortion". New York Times. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
^ Shear, Michael (May 27, 2013). "Obama Plans 3 Nominations for Key Court". New York Times. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
^ McKelvey, Tara (August 2005). "Nan in action". American Prospect. 16 (8): 6–7. ISSN 1049-7285.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Milk, Leslie (1 June 2006). "June 2006: 100 Most Powerful Women". Washingtonian. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Boney, Ret (20 December 2004). "Ally for justice". Philanthropy Journal News. NC State University. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
^ Lewis, Dwight (10 January 1978). "State Prison System Stress Factors Cited". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. p. 4. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Marquis Who's Who". Retrieved February 4, 2019.
^ Klages, Karen (July 1989). "REAGAN-ERA REBOUND: Public-interest groups healthy, find new funding". ABA Journal. 75 (7). American Bar Association: 40–41. JSTOR 20760569.
^ "The Public Bar". Progressive. 53 (4): 47. April 1989. ISSN 0033-0736.
^ "Liberty and Justice for All (Book)". Harvard Law Review. 103 (1): 402. November 1989. ISSN 0017-811X. Retrieved 6 July 2019.