William P. Quigley
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William P. Quigley is a law professor and Director of the Law Clinic and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center at Loyola University
New Orleans. He was named the Pope Paul VI National Teacher of Peace
by Pax Christi
USA in 2003
An active public interest lawyer since 1977, Quigley has served as counsel to public interest organizations on issues ranging from Hurricane Katrina
social justice
issues, voting rights, public housing, death penalty, living wage, educational reform, civil liberties, constitutional rights and civil disobedience. Quigley has litigated cases with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
, the Advancement Project
, and was the General Counsel to the ACLU of Louisiana.
Quigley teaches courses in the Law Clinic, in the areas of Law and Poverty and Catholic Social Teaching
and Law. His foci has been on living wage
, the right to a job, legal services, community organizing as part of effective lawyering, civil disobedience
, high stakes testing, international human rights, revolutionary lawyering and a continuing history of how the laws have regulated the poor since colonial times. In the past he has been an adviser on human and civil rights to Human Rights Watch USA
, Amnesty International USA
, and served as the Chair of the Louisiana Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights
.
Quigley has received many awards. He is the recipient of the 2006 Camille Gravel
Civil Pro Bono Award from the Federal Bar Association New Orleans Chapter, received the 2006 Stanford Law School
National Public Service Award, and the 2006 National Lawyers Guild
Ernie Goodman award.
He is an active volunteer lawyer with School of the Americas Watch
and the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti
.
Quigley is the author of Ending Poverty As We Know It: Guaranteeing A Right to A Job At A Living Wage (Temple University Press, 2003). He is the recipient of the 2004 SALT Teaching Award presented by the Society of American Law Teachers.
He is married to Debbie Dupre Quigley, an oncology nurse, and is father to two musician children: Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor of the professional vocal ensemble Seraphic Fire
, and Joseph Quigley, baritone.
Loyola University New Orleans
Loyola University New Orleans is a private, co-educational and Jesuit university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Originally established as Loyola College in 1904, the institution was chartered as a university in 1912. It bears the name of the Jesuit patron, Saint Ignatius of Loyola...
New Orleans. He was named the Pope Paul VI National Teacher of Peace
Pax Christi USA Pope Paul VI Teacher of Peace Award
The Pope Paul VI Teacher of Peace Award is given out annually by the organization Pax Christi USA, a Catholic peace organization, to an individual who has exemplified Pope Paul VI's World Day for Peace message: "To reach peace, teach peace."...
by Pax Christi
Pax Christi
-History:Pax Christi was established in France in 1945 as a reconciliation work between the French and the Germans after the Second World War. In 2007, it existed in more than 60 countries...
USA in 2003
An active public interest lawyer since 1977, Quigley has served as counsel to public interest organizations on issues ranging from Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
social justice
Social justice
Social justice generally refers to the idea of creating a society or institution that is based on the principles of equality and solidarity, that understands and values human rights, and that recognizes the dignity of every human being. The term and modern concept of "social justice" was coined by...
issues, voting rights, public housing, death penalty, living wage, educational reform, civil liberties, constitutional rights and civil disobedience. Quigley has litigated cases with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. is a leading United States civil rights organization and law firm based in New York City....
, the Advancement Project
Advancement Project
The Advancement Project is group with the stated goal of promoting civil rights. It was founded in 1999 by civil rights lawyers in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.. Board members include Constance L. Rice, who is also a co-director, former United States Assistant Attorney General Bill Lann Lee,...
, and was the General Counsel to the ACLU of Louisiana.
Quigley teaches courses in the Law Clinic, in the areas of Law and Poverty and Catholic Social Teaching
Catholic social teaching
Catholic social teaching is a body of doctrine developed by the Catholic Church on matters of poverty and wealth, economics, social organization and the role of the state...
and Law. His foci has been on living wage
Living wage
In public policy, a living wage is the minimum hourly income necessary for a worker to meet basic needs . These needs include shelter and other incidentals such as clothing and nutrition...
, the right to a job, legal services, community organizing as part of effective lawyering, civil disobedience
Civil disobedience
Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government, or of an occupying international power. Civil disobedience is commonly, though not always, defined as being nonviolent resistance. It is one form of civil resistance...
, high stakes testing, international human rights, revolutionary lawyering and a continuing history of how the laws have regulated the poor since colonial times. In the past he has been an adviser on human and civil rights to Human Rights Watch USA
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. Its headquarters are in New York City and it has offices in Berlin, Beirut, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo,...
, Amnesty International USA
Amnesty International USA
Amnesty International USA is one of many country sections that make up Amnesty International worldwide.Amnesty International is an organization of more than 2.2 million supporters, activists and volunteers in over 150 countries, with complete independence from government, corporate or national...
, and served as the Chair of the Louisiana Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights
United States Commission on Civil Rights
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is historically a bipartisan, independent commission of the U.S. federal government charged with the responsibility for investigating, reporting on, and making recommendations concerning civil rights issues that face the nation.-Commissioners:The Commission is...
.
Quigley has received many awards. He is the recipient of the 2006 Camille Gravel
Camille Gravel
Camille Francis Gravel, Jr. , was a Louisiana, Democratic politician.Gravel spent much time and money supporting the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII honored Gravel with the "Order of St. Gregory" for his outstanding service to the church.-Education:Gravel graduated in 1935 from the University...
Civil Pro Bono Award from the Federal Bar Association New Orleans Chapter, received the 2006 Stanford Law School
Stanford Law School
Stanford Law School is a graduate school at Stanford University located in the area known as the Silicon Valley, near Palo Alto, California in the United States. The Law School was established in 1893 when former President Benjamin Harrison joined the faculty as the first professor of law...
National Public Service Award, and the 2006 National Lawyers Guild
National Lawyers Guild
The National Lawyers Guild is an advocacy group in the United States "dedicated to the need for basic and progressive change in the structure of our political and economic system . ....
Ernie Goodman award.
He is an active volunteer lawyer with School of the Americas Watch
School of the Americas Watch
School of the Americas Watch is an advocacy organization founded by Maryknoll Father Roy Bourgeois and a small group of supporters in 1990 to protest the training of mainly Latin American military officers, by the United States Department of Defense, at the School of the Americas...
and the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti
Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti
The Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti is a non-profit organization based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA that seeks to accompany the people of Haiti in their non-violent struggle for the consolidation of constitutional democracy, justice and human rights. IJDH distributes information on...
.
Quigley is the author of Ending Poverty As We Know It: Guaranteeing A Right to A Job At A Living Wage (Temple University Press, 2003). He is the recipient of the 2004 SALT Teaching Award presented by the Society of American Law Teachers.
He is married to Debbie Dupre Quigley, an oncology nurse, and is father to two musician children: Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor of the professional vocal ensemble Seraphic Fire
Seraphic fire
Seraphic Fire is an American professional chamber choir based in Miami, Florida. Seraphic Fire collaborated with Shakira on the opening track of her album Oral Fixation Vol. 2 and became the first classical ensemble to be featured on a Billboard 200 rated album Seraphic Fire is an American...
, and Joseph Quigley, baritone.
External links
- http://tortureontrial.org/bios.html
- http://law.loyno.edu/faculty-staff/william-p-quigley
- Bill Quigley on the Undermining of Meaningful Elections in Haiti - video interview by Democracy Now!Democracy Now!Democracy Now! and its staff have received several journalism awards, including the Gracie Award from American Women in Radio & Television; the George Polk Award for its 1998 radio documentary Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria's Oil Dictatorship, on the Chevron Corporation and the deaths of...