Ephraim S London was an American attorney and law professor specializing in constitutional law who established a reputation as a defender of free speech and civil liberties.
10 Facts About Ephraim London
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Ephraim London taught constitutional law at the New York University School of Law, his alma mater.
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Ephraim London wrote The World of Law, a textbook that was widely used in law schools.
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Ephraim London was the author of The Law as Literature.
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Ephraim London graduated from NYU School of Law in 1934, and after graduation, went to work for the law firm run by his father, his mother and his uncle, US Representative Meyer London, who belonged to the Socialist Party of America.
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Bruce was allowed to be free on bail while Ephraim London appealed the case.
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Ephraim London won a prominent First Amendment case, in which he was successful in getting Brooklyn College to reinstate Dr Harry Slochower, whom the college has dismissed when he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during questioning by a Congressional subcommittee investigating communism.
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Ephraim London was survived by his wife, the former Pearl Levison; a son, Peter, of Manhattan, and a sister, Irma Fraad of Riverdale, the Bronx.
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Ephraim London was survived by a daughter he had outside of marriage, Sheila Michaels, a remarkable activist in her own right, whom he never publicly acknowledged.
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Ephraim London had two nieces, Fraad's daughters Harriet and Rosalyn, who was previously married to Lee Baxandall.