Letter from Lani Guinier to William Morris re support for Nancy Gist Preston Michigan Bar Admission

Correspondence
November 5, 1982

Letter from Lani Guinier to William Morris re support for Nancy Gist Preston Michigan Bar Admission preview

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  • Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Letter from Lani Guinier to William Morris re support for Nancy Gist Preston Michigan Bar Admission, 1982. 6f9d8cb5-e392-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/606c9a0f-0f2b-4619-8eed-031e80b37063/letter-from-lani-guinier-to-william-morris-re-support-for-nancy-gist-preston-michigan-bar-admission. Accessed June 01, 2025.

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November 5, 1982

Mr. William H. Morris
Director of Administration
National Conference of Bar Examiners
333 North Michigan Avenue
suite 1025
Chicago, Illinois 6060I

Dear Mr. Morris:

Nancy Gist Preston is well qualified for admission
to the bar of the State of Michigan. I am, and
have been for many years, familiar with her rep-
utation in the 1egal community and recommend her
without reservation. She is a person of great
personal and professj-onal integrity who wi1I be
an asset to the lega1 profession in Michigan.

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