David Kairys (born April 16, 1943, in Baltimore, Maryland)[1] is Professor of Law at Temple University School of Law.
He authored Philadelphia Freedom, Memoir of a Civil Rights Lawyer and With Liberty and Justice for Some.
[3][4][5] He is also a strong advocate for removing money corruption from politics.
[2] He was a founding partner and is of counsel to Kairys, Rudovsky, Epstein, Messing & Rau.
[8] Among his awards are the Alliance for Justice honor list for 2008, the Association of American Law Schools 2007 Deborah Rhode Award for extraordinary contribution to public interest by a law professor, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania's Civil Liberties Award, the Poor Richard Club of Philadelphia Pro Bono Award, the Freil-Scanlan Award (best Temple law faculty scholarship), and the First James E. Beasley Chair (Temple Law School).