▁of ▁a ▁new ▁jud icial ▁conference ▁of ▁the ▁state ' s ▁jud ges , ▁were ▁later ▁adopted ▁by ▁the ▁state . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁at ▁the ▁request ▁of ▁US ▁President ▁John ▁F . ▁Kennedy , ▁Twe ed ▁became ▁co - ch air man ▁of ▁the ▁Law y ers ' ▁Committee ▁for ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁Under ▁Law , ▁a ▁position ▁that ▁he ▁held ▁for ▁two ▁years . ▁ ▁Twe ed ▁believed ▁that ▁law y ers ' ▁training ▁to ▁define ▁complicated ▁issues ▁enabled ▁them ▁to ▁play ▁a ▁special ▁role ▁outside ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁law : ▁" E ven ▁if ▁he ▁cont ributes ▁nothing ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁order lin ess ▁and ▁an ▁ability ▁to ▁organ ize ▁thought ▁and ▁to ▁pose ▁the ▁right ▁questions , ▁the ▁lawyer ▁will ▁have ▁pulled ▁his ▁weight ▁in ▁the ▁boat ." ▁Of ▁his ▁year ▁as ▁president ▁of ▁Sarah ▁Lawrence ▁College , ▁he ▁wrote , ▁" I ▁think ▁that ▁I ▁did ▁manage ▁to ▁bring ▁to ▁the ▁fac ulty ▁an ▁organization ▁and ▁an ▁understanding ▁of ▁dem ocr atic ▁procedures ▁which ▁no ▁one ▁but ▁a ▁lawyer ▁could ▁have ▁done ." ▁ ▁T all , ▁ere ct , ▁and ▁lean , ▁Twe ed ▁was ▁" the ▁most ▁dem ocr atic ▁of ▁arist ocr ats ." He ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁lawyer ▁to ▁be ▁awarded ▁med als ▁for ▁distinguished ▁service ▁from ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁New ▁York ▁State , ▁and ▁American ▁bar ▁associations . ▁The ▁A BA ▁t ribute ▁noted ▁that ▁his ▁was ▁" the ▁Hor atio ▁Al ger ▁story ▁in ▁reverse