LSAT 125, Section 3, RC Passage 1, Thurgood Marshall

RC Passage 1 Explanation

PASSAGE TEXT: Most of what has been written about Thurgood Marshall, a former United States …

Paragraph Summaries

1. Thurgood Marshall is often studied for his civil rights victories, but his bigger impact was his strategy for public interest law. He and the NAACP created planned legal campaigns instead of simply taking cases as they appeared.
2. Marshall used test cases by carefully choosing cases that could create strong legal precedents. He also chose plaintiffs who were credible and could gain public support.
3. Marshall used social science research to show the harms caused by segregation and influence court decisions. Some critics argued this relied too much on nonlegal evidence.
4. His legal strategies later became common in public interest law and were used for many different causes. Although his goals were specific, his methods influenced lawyers across the political spectrum.

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