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Irons would go on to complete his doctorate at Boston University in 1973. Aftewards, Dr. Zinn helped arrange for Irons to work at a law firm defending Daniel Ellsberg , who was under federal prosecution at the time for stealing the Pentagon Papers . His work at the firm would later serve as motivation for him to pursue a law degree from Harvard Law School. Upon graduating, he taught at Boston College Law School and the University of Massachusetts before moving to the University of California at San Diego in 1982 where he would establish the Earl Warren Bill of Rights Project. In addition to teaching and authoring several books, he has also helped reopen the wartime internment cases of Fred Korematsu, Min Yasui, and Gordon Hirabayashi. He is currently a professor of political science at the University Of California, San Diego and an author on legal history. His ''Jim Crow's Children'' won the Silver Gavel Award given by the American Bar Association . He also wrote ''Justice at War'' and ''A People's History of the Supreme Court'' which was awarded a Silver Gavel Certificate of Merit. Irons is also director of the Earl Warren Bill Of Rights Project . |
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