Career
Grossack soon had another opportunity to stand up for constitutional rights. When Israeli Knesset member and Jewish Defense League founder Rabbi Meir Kahane came to speak at a local high school in Brookline, Massachusetts, the town requested that his local supporters post a "security bond" to cover expenses resulting from the anticipated confrontation with opponents. Grossack made news by threatening the town of Brookline with a lawsuit for violating Kahane's First Amendment rights. Brookline backed down, and Kahane spoke at the High School.
Grossack was active in advocating the free emigration of Jews from the former Soviet Union, Ethiopia and Arab countries.
In 1985, Grossack was named Professor of Civil Procedure at the Commonwealth School of Law, which has since been absorbed by the Massachusetts School of Law.
In 1993, Grossack founded a publishing and seminar venture known as the Citizens Justice Institute. The Institute held seminars to train laypersons wishing to represent themselves in civil litigation without an attorney. Grossack also published a monthly newsletter (Constitutional Business, later Citizens Law Digest) which regularly briefed readers on topics such as civil procedure, constitutional law, civil rights litigation and property rights. The newsletter and seminar program appealed to people facing difficult challenges with bureaucracies and hostile attorneys throughout the United States. Numerous advocacy groups took a strong interest in the publications, and Grossack became a popular speaker on radio, community television and in public forums. Fox News ran a story on pro se litigation in which his work was mentioned.
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