Five new optically active aromatic poly(amide-imide)s (PAIs) 5a-e were prepared from a direct polycondensation reaction of a new diacid of N,N -(bicyclo[2,2,2]oct-7-ene-2,3,5,6-tetra carboxylic)-bis-L-isoleucine 3 with various aromatic diamines 4a-e in a medium consisting of triphenyl phosphite (TPP), calcium chloride (CaCl 2 ), pyridine (Py) and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP). The polycondensation reaction produced a series of novel poly(amid-imide)s 5a-e in quantitative yields with inherent viscosities of 0.39-0.51 dL/g. The resulting polymers were fully characterized by means of 1 H-NMR, FT-IR spectroscopy, elemental analyses, inherent viscosity, solubility test, specific rotation and thermal properties of them were investigated using TGA/DTG and differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). The diacid 4 was synthesized by the condensation reaction of bicyclo[2,2,2]oct-7-ene-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylic dianhydride 1 with L-isoleucine 2 in acetic acid solution.