American Inns of Court Foundation
Dates
- Existence: 1980-
Biography
American Inns of Court (established 1980) is an association of lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals in the United States.
The American Inns of Court is an association of lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals established in 1980. The association aims to be non-partisan and to foster mentoring relationships, conversations about legal issues, and advance ethics and civility. Rex E. Lee, then Dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, and Dallin H. Oaks, then president of BYU, were asked by Warren E. Burger, then Chief Justice of the United States, to test the association at BYU. Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Sherman Christensen made the idea workable, and the first American Inn of Court was founded February 2, 1980, in Utah. In 1985, the American Inns of Court Foundation was organized to support the Inns.
Citation:
Judicial Conference of the United States. Committee on American Inns of Court. How to create and operate an American Inn of Court, c1986:t.p. (American Inns of Court Foundation)American Inns of Court, via www, November 10, 2023 (The American Inns of Court is an association of lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals established in 1980. The association aims to be non-partisan and to foster mentoring relationships, conversations about legal issues, and advance ethics and civility. Rex E. Lee, then Dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, and Dallin H. Oaks, then president of BYU, were asked by Warren E. Burger, then Chief Justice of the United States, to test the association at BYU. Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Sherman Christensen made idea workable, and the first American Inn of Court was founded February 2, 1980, in Utah. In 1985, the American Inns of Court Foundation was organized to support the Inns) https://www.innsofcourt.org/
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America Inns of Court Foundation records
Collection includes American Inns of Court records, including correspondence, newsletters, photographs, project records, and oral history transcripts and audio recordings with instrumental figures, including Chief Justice Burger, Justice O'Connor, and Rex E. Lee. Also contains papers documenting the development of The American Inns of Court. Materials dated 1967-1997.