Chief Justice Earl Warren Earl Warren was born on March 19, 1891 in Los Angeles, California. Earl's father was a Norwegian immigrant, which left him facing prejudice and equal rights at an early age (Grace, 1). This led to the first indications that law would be Earl's profession. Even before entering high school, he heard criminal cases in the Kern County Courthouse. Attending the University of California at Berkeley, Warren worked his way through college. He majored in political science for three years before entering UC law school. “He received his BL degree in 1912 and his JD degree in 1914. On May 14, 1915, he was admitted to the California Bar. After graduation Warren worked in law firms in San Francisco and Oakland, the only time in his career that he was in private practice” (White, 61). The young lawyer became a deputy district attorney in Alameda County and finally became district attorney in 1925 when his opponent decided to resign from the race (Weaver, 40). He would win the next four elections. “During his fourteen years as district attorney, Warren earned a reputation as a crime fighter. As a prosecutor Warren was sometimes accused of arrogance in his methods, but in thirteen years and in thousands of cases ranging from murder to breaking windows, he never had a conviction overturned by a higher court” (Ely, 964). Warren served as attorney general from 1939 to 1943, enjoying the image of an effective racketeering foe. In 1948, Warren was the Republican Party's candidate for vice president of the United States. He and fellow Republican Thomas Dewey would end up losing the race, the only election Warren ever lost, to Democratic candidate Harry S. Truman. In 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren as the fourteenth Chief Justice of the United States (Compston, 101). This new job would prove to be the most important and difficult job Warren had ever undertaken. “He inherited a court that was deeply divided between those justices who supported a more active role for the court and those who supported judicial restraint” (Compston, 133). Among the most important decisions of the Warren Court was the ruling that made racial segregation public. unconstitutional schools. The case of Brown v. The Board of Education concerned the segregation of public schools. Even if all the schools in a... middle of paper... Brown v. Board of Trustees. Case from this source. Furthermore, this book contains many criticisms that Warren faced due to his ruling. Weaver, John D. Warren: The Man, the Court, the Era. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967. - This book provides information on Warren's early career, especially his becoming California district attorney. White, Edward G. Earl Warren: A Public Life. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982.- This source contained information about Warren's achievements in school and his work immediately after school. Internet Sources: Cray, Ed. "Historical Case Biography: Earl Warren." Earl Warren/Brown v. Ed Board Information Page. 1997. March 5, 2005 - This website contained a great deal of information about Brown vs. Board of Ed. case.Grace, Roger M. “Earl Warren, Norwegian American.” Earl Warren information page. June 1998. March 4, 2005 - This site gave me information about the end of Warren's career and his retirement.