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Thomas Jefferson School of Law Students and Professor Maurice Dyson speak at the National Action Network House of Justice

Published: March 12, 2018

On Tuesday, March 6, 2018, students at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law were invited to join Professor of Law Maurice Dyson at the National Action Network House of Justice at the Ebenezer Baptist Church to discuss bringing greater transparency and accountability to excessive police force and shootings in communities of color. The dialogue with community leaders included nationally prominent civil rights attorneys Solomon Simmons and Benjamin Crump, who is known for his association with the 2012/2013 George Zimmerman case, and for representing the family of Michael Brown, a 17-year-old African-American man shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri. To read more, click here.