Of Counsel Magazibe Volume 22/Spring 2021

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Dr. Malik Edwards Awarded the John D. Fassett Professorship Endowed Chair Dr. Malik Edwards is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs & Scholarly Enrichment and Professor at the North Carolina Central University School of Law. Professor Edwards teaches Constitutional Law, Property, Administrative Law, and Education Law. Dr. Edwards serves numerous committees and boards. He has served with excellence during his 2013 tenure at law school where his love and commitment shine bright. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education in the Education Policy Program and his J.D. from New York University School of Law. Professor Edwards’s research focuses on educational equity and disparities in general. His work explores the use of interdisciplinary supports, specifically human development models to support equity litigation and remedies. He is a co-editor of an adolescent development textbook and has written broadly on equity remedies within constitutional contexts. The John D. Fassett Professorship was created for the endowed chair to make significant scholarly contributions to impact law reform in areas involving the constitution, law, human rights and civil rights. Congratulations Professor Edwards. We are proud of you!

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Memorials

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page 66

Why I Support HBCUs — Frank S. Turner

3min
page 65

Dean’s Note NCCU School of Law Donors

6min
pages 67-72

NCCU Law School Alumnus Patrick Hannah Heads the Corporate Roundtable for the National Caucus of State Legislators and Raleigh Durham Airport Authority

3min
pages 62-63

Meet Preston Mitchum ‘11

2min
page 64

Incubating Legal Practices for Justice The Durham Opportunity and Justice Incubator — Mark Atkinson ‘20

5min
pages 60-61

Alumni Mock Interview Program Launched February 2021

2min
page 59

From Humble Beginnings to Entrepreneurial Heights: The Story of David Lee Cook, III ‘81

2min
page 58

NCCU Law School Trio Provides a Play-by-Play Account of an NFL Experience of a Lifetime — Daniel Adams, Sorrell Saunders & Julian Cuthbertson

4min
pages 56-57

Reflections on the Adoption Law Moot Court Competition Capital University Child Welfare — Courtney Brown, 3L

1min
page 55

NCCU School of Law Moot Court 2021 A Spring Competition Season Like No Other — Professor Shelly DeAdder

2min
page 54

Dr. Brenda R. Shaw — The Title III Program and its Impact on the NCCU School of Law

5min
pages 52-53

Sharon N. Gaskin — An Admissions Adventure

4min
pages 50-51

Eagle Soars: India Y. Ali ‘13

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Teaching Outside of the (Classroom Box: Lessons Learned While Teaching Remotely During the COVID-19 Pandemic — Professor Kia H. Vernon

4min
pages 44-45

NCCU School of Law’s Summer Start Initiative: Five Weeks Impact Student Success - Professors Kia H. Vernon, Dorothy D. Nachman, & Donald W. Corbett

5min
pages 46-48

Race and Place: The Upbuilding of Hayti and Black Wall Street — Andre D. Vann

23min
pages 34-41

NCCU School of Law’s Legal Pipeline Programs: Increasing Diversity of the Legal Profession One Student at A Time — Associate Dean Angela A. Gilmore

4min
pages 42-43

NCCU School of Law’s First Marketing Campaign — Mitzi Townes

3min
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RJR Nabisco Endowed Chair — Professor Reginald Mombrun

1min
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John D. Fassett Professorship Endowed Chair — Dr. Malik Edwards

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Charles Houston Endowed Chair — Professor Irving L. Joyner

1min
page 30

“Bloody Sunday” History, Legacy and Continuing Need — Professor Irving L. Joyner

7min
pages 22-23

Continuation of Interview: Professor Cheryl Amana Burris & Attorney John L. Burris

13min
pages 27-29

A Change of Perspective — Alexis Murray, SBA President

2min
page 21

COVID-19, Ethics, and The Law — Sheila M. Parrish-Spence

5min
pages 19-20

Eagle Soars: Fenita Morris - Shepard Named Chief Legal Counsel of NCCU

1min
page 18

Transition in Chaos — Chip Baggett ‘16

7min
pages 14-15

To Patent and Serve — Kia C. Bell

3min
page 8

Interview: Professor Cheryl Amana Burris & Attorney John L. Burris

16min
pages 10-13

Message from the Dean

4min
pages 3-4

Tribal Governance in the Midst of the “Storm” — Joshua Richardson ’20

6min
pages 16-17

Technology Initiative — Associate Dean of Technology and the Law April G. Dawson

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NCCU School of Law Alumnus’ Eyewitness Account of the Development of a COVID-19 Product — Emily Hales

4min
pages 6-7

Alumni Highlight: Sheila R. Spence

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