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  Lewis Steel Reflects on Law, Life and Love

  New York Law School

  In this wide-ranging interview, Lewis Steel talks about his life in the law, including the major civil rights cases that he has pursued, memorable clients, and his relationship with activists, lawyers and judges. He also talks about his childhood and the major influences on his life - and his marriage to Kitty Muldoon Steel.

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  The People's Lawyer: A Conversation With Lewis M. Steel '63

  New York Law School

  During New York Law School's Community Days, Lewis M. Steel '63, author of The Butler's Child, spoke with Professor Penelope Andrews, Co-Director of the Racial Justice Project, about his experiences fighting for racial progress as a civil rights lawyer.

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  Attica Means Fight Back 50th Anniversary

  Lewis M. Steel '63

  Lewis Steele was one of the observers who went into D yard during the weekend to try to negotiate a settlement between the Attica Brothers and the state. In this video he describes the collection of the observer teams and what he witnessed when he went inside the walls. This interview is from the Attica is All of Us events in 2021 that marked the 50th anniversary of the rebellion. For more information and a complete list of supporting organizations go to atticaisallofus.org.

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  Lewis Steel: The 1971 Attica Prison Rebellion and Aftermath: Reflections on a Pivotal Episode in Post-Civil Rights America

  Lewis M. Steel '63

  Lewis Steel gives a talk with the University of South Carolina History Center titled "The 1971 Attica Prison Rebellion and Aftermath: Reflections on a Pivotal Episode in Post-Civil Rights America" at the University of South Carolina School of Law, Karen J. Williams Courtroom. Steel was one of a select few “observers” invited inside the walls of Attica following the prisoner’s rebellion on September 9, 1971. He discusses his experience inside Attica, its connection to the prisoner’s rights movement, and its place in the history of a post-Civil Rights America.