Best Selling Books by Clarence Thomas

Selections from the Senate confirmation hearings and prior speeches.

Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest, My Grandfather''s Son is the story of one of America''s most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, told in his own words. Thomas was born in rural Georgia on June 23, 1948, into a life marked by poverty and hunger. His parents divorced when Thomas was still a baby, and his father moved north to Philadelphia, leaving his young mother to raise him and his brother and sister on the ten dollars a week she earned as a maid. At age seven, Thomas and his six-year-old brother were sent to live with his mother''s father, Myers Anderson, and her stepmother in their Savannah home. It was a move that would forever change Thomas''s life. His grandfather, whom he called "Daddy," was a black man with a strict work ethic, trying to raise a family in the years of Jim Crow. Thomas witnessed his grandparents'' steadfastness despite injustices, their hopefulness despite bigotry, and their deep love for their country. His own quiet ambition would propel him to Holy Cross and Yale Law School, and eventually—despite a bitter, highly contested public confirmation—to the highest court in the land. In this candid and deeply moving memoir, a quintessential American tale of hardship and grit, Clarence Thomas recounts his astonishing journey for the first time, and pays homage to the man who made it possible. Intimately and eloquently, Thomas speaks out, revealing the pieces of his life he holds dear, detailing the suffering and injustices he has overcome, including the acrimonious and polarizing Senate hearing involving a former aide, Anita Hill, and the depression and despair it created in his own life and the lives of those closest to him. My Grandfather''s Son is the story of a determined man whose faith, courage, and perseverance inspired him to rise up against all odds and achieve his dreams.

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In the spirit of professional growth, the School of Law sponsors the Vincent S. Dalsimer Moot Court Competition each year. This provides students the opportunity to develop the skills of appellate practice, brief writing, and oral argument. Pepperdine''s Moot Court Competition is named for the Honorable Vincent S. Dalsimer, who has served in the capacity of Dean and Associate Dean of the School of Law and is retired from the California State Court of Appeal. Throughout his distinguished career as an attorney, jurist, and legal educator, Justice Dalsimer has been actively involved in the training of trial and appellate advocates. The participants consist of 2nd and 3rd year law students. Each of the 2-person teams has submitted a written brief which has been evaluated and assigned a grade prior to the oral arguments. Brief scores will account for 33% of the score for the preliminary rounds. Each team has argued one preliminary round representing the petitioner and one preliminary round representing the respondent. The top 8 teams presented arguments again in rounds representing both the petitioner and respondent. The teams competed on a single elimination basis culminating in the final round being argued before a 3-judge panel at 2:00 p.m. on February 4, 1995, at the Odell McConnell Law Center.