Rick halprin biography

Halperin has been involved in many human rights monitoring projects, including an Amnesty International delegation which investigated the conditions of the Terrell Unit (Texas death row facility) in Livingston, Texas.
Biography.
Halprin was born in 1940 in Windsor, Ontario but moved to Chicago when he was young.

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Rick Halprin, American Lawyer. Bar: Massachusetts 1970, Illinois 1970, United States District Court (northern district) Illinois 1970. Captain United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1970-1972. Member National Association Criminal Defense Lawyers (advisor), Illinois Bar Association (criminal justice committee), Chicago Bar Association.

Background

Halprin, Rick was born on February 28, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of David Harold and Mary (Stepansky) Halprin.

Education

Bachelor, Roosevelt U., 1964; Juris Doctor, Massey College, 1968.

Career

Attorney, Feldman Posen, Chicago, 1972-1973; attorney, Oliver & Halprin, Chicago, 1973-1979; attorney, Halprin & Halprin, Chicago, 1979-1982; general counsel, Chicago Park District, 1982-1986; private practice, Chicago, since 1986.

Achievements

Rick Halprin has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1970-1972. Member National

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Adjunct Lecturer Professor of the Practice of Human Rights Director, Human Rights Education Program

History

Educational Background

Ph.D., Auburn University
M.A., Southern Methodist University
B.A., George Washington University

Rick Halperin is Director of the Southern Methodist University Human Rights Education Program http://www.smu.edu/humanrights/ and teaches courses at SMU including: America's Dilemma: The Struggle for Human Rights; America and the Age of Genocide; and America Enraged: From Brown to Watergate, 1954-1974.

He is frequently interviewed on television and radio as well as by print media, and he speaks nationally and internationally on a wide range of human rights issues including genocide and the death penalty

Halperin has served on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA from 1989-1995, and again from 2004-2010; he served as Chair of the Board from 1992-1993 and again from 2005-2007. He is also a member of the National Death Penalty Advisory Committee, the National Coalition to Abolish the D

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Education

Auburn University (PhD, 1978), Southern Methodist University (MA, 1974), George Washington University (BA, 1971)

Dr. Rick Halperin started teaching in 1985 in the William P. Clements Department of History, and began teaching human rights courses in 1990. After being chosen as Director of the new Embrey Human Rights Program, he began overseeing its academic program, planning its public events, and developing a wide array of human rights focused trips.

Halperin has held many leadership positions in human rights and social justice organizations. During his more than 50-year affiliation with Amnesty International USA, he has served as chair of its board of directors three times. He has also served on the boards of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, the Center for Survivors of Torture, the International Rescue Committee and the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. He has participated in a U.N. human rights delegation that inspected Irish prison conditions in Dublin and Belfast, as well as in delegations monitoring human rights in El Salvador an