In Memoriam: Alumnus William Pincus, Father of Clinical Legal Education

William Pincus, JD '53, spent much of his career as a civil servant working in government positions ranging from the National Park Service to both Hoover Commissions and then Congress. Obtaining his degree from GW Law in the evening, he became president of the Council on Legal Education for Professional Responsibility where he helped usher in the use of law clinics to teach students about lawyering and professional responsibility.