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M2718
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Maurice "Mo" Jourdane, Esq., papers
Creator:
Jourdane, Maurice
Identifier/Call Number: M2718
Physical Description:
10.8 Linear Feet
(26 manuscript boxes, 2 half manuscript boxes)
Physical Description:
1.91 gigabyte(s)
1 PDF file containing scrapbook scans, 1 CD, and 1 DVD (partially recovered).
Date (inclusive): 1966-2018
This collection consists of manuscripts, notes, research materials, newspaper clippings, legal correspondence and cases, photographs
and other materials documenting the life of Maurice "Jo" Jourdane. The materials cover Jourdane's work with the California
Rural Legal Assistance, Diana v. California State Board of Education, Carmona v. Division of Industrial Safety, Jourdane v.
Oglesy Brothers and other legal cases.
Maurice Jourane is a civil rights lawyer, judge, and author. He worked with the Californai Rural Legal Assistance, United
Farm Workers, and other organizations to improve civil rights for agricultural laborers in California.
Maurice 'Mo" Russell Jourdane was born on September 10, 1942 in Los Angeles, California. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts
from California State University, San Jose in 1965, and in 1968 graduated from the Hastings College of Law in 1968.
After graduating from law school, Jourdane worked as a staff attorney for the California Rural Legal Assistance. While at
the CRLA he worked with the United Farm Workers to help end discriminatory English IQ tests for Spanish-speaking students
in Diana v. Board of Education (1972). He also helped get 'el cortito', the short-handled hoe, banned by the California Supreme
Court in Carmona v. Division of Industrial Safety (1974).
In the mid-1970s a truck crashed into Maurice Jourdane's car causing intensive injuries that required major reconstructive
surgeries.
In the 1980s Jourdane worked for the California Agriculture Labor Relations Board, California's Fourth District Court of Appeals,
the Department of Legal Affairs for Governor Jerry Brown, and as a Judge for the Monterey County Superior Court and Municipal
Court.
Jourdane also served as an adjunct professor at UC Santa Cruz, Monterey College of Law, and Catholic University, worked as
a field staff worker for a number of Democratic candidates. He is an author and a runner.
Open for research except for two boxes of restricted material, and born-digital materials, which are closed until processed.
Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual & born-digital materials are
not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish
[identification of item], Maurice "Mo" Jourdane, Esq., papers (M2718). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Lawyers -- California.
Civil rights workers
Discrimination in education -- Laws and legislation -- California
California Rural Legal Assistance Incorporated
United Farm Workers of America