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Interview with Bruce Margolin

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UUID

9ccbbf0b-f678-4838-8442-713a713cbf37

Date of Interview

2022-01-28

Interviewer

Stephen McKiernan

Interviewee

Bruce Margolin

Biographical Text

Bruce Margolin is a criminal defense attorney who specializes in marijuana and drug laws. Margolin grew up in Los Angeles, California. He has been practicing law since he was 25 years old, after earning his law degree from Southwestern Law School in 1966. In 1999, Margolin was awarded the Criminal Defense Attorney of the Year award by the Century City Bar Association. He has been executive director of the LA chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws since 1973. He is the writer of the Margolin Guide to Marijuana Law.

Duration

1:38:32

Language

English

Digital Publisher

Binghamton University Libraries

Digital Format

audio/mp4

Original Format

Digital file

Material Type

Sound

Interview Format

Audio

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Keywords

Law; drugs; Los Angeles; The trip to India; Criminal attorney; Practising law in California; Late 1960s; Communal movement.

Accessibility

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About this Collection

Collection Description

Stephen McKiernan's collection of interviews includes more than two hundred interviews with prominent figures of the 1960s, which were collected between the mid-1990s and 2010s. The collection provides narratives of people who were actively involved in or witnessed events in the 1960s, an era which spurred profound cultural and… More

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“Interview with Bruce Margolin,” Digital Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/2424.