Of Counsel Magazibe Volume 22/Spring 2021

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Donor Honor Roll

Bond Circle

Donor Honor Roll list reflects annual gifts made between October 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020. The Donor Honor Roll is NCCU School of Law’s opportunity to thank alumni, friends and partners who have demonstrated their support of the Law School’s mission to provide a high quality, personalized, practice-oriented and affordable legal education to historically underrepresented students from diverse backgrounds in order to help diversity the legal profession. Your generosity increases scholarships offerings for students, provides funds to support scholarly endeavors for faculty, augments academics programs, and enhances current facilities. Your contributions are crucial to maintaining and enriching the NCCU Law experience.

Monte D. Watkins ’84 Kia D. Hardy-Vernon ’93 UBS Financial Services, Inc. Atiba D. Adams ’96 Milton A. Tingling ’82 Grady Jessup ’74

Dean’s Circle Bond Circle 1930 Club Barristers Eagles’ Court Maroon & Gray Club Supporters

$10,000 & up $5,000- $9,999 $2,500 - $ 4,999 $1,000- $2,499 $500 - $999 $100 -$499 $1- $99

To the best of our knowledge, the information in this Donor Honor Roll accurately reflects our record of all gifts made during the reporting period. However, we acknowledge that omissions or errors, while regrettable, may occur. If you discover any inaccuracy, please notify the Office of Development at (919)-530-5244 or email ncculawdevelopment@nccu.edu

Dean’s Circle Smith/Shaver Law School Scholarship Fund, Inc. John T. Caldwell Frank S. Turner ’68 Irving Joyner Maurice R. Smith ’05 Marvin D. Genzer The Law Office of Darrell Lee Robinson Reuben Young

1930 Club Training Resources Group, Inc. Renee L. Bowser ’82 Stephen G. Hartzell The Law Office of India Y. Ali, LLC Chandler Law Firm, P.A. Ronald S. Douglas ’82 Aaron L. Spaulding ’64 Hon. Keith E. Bell ’88 Laurie N. Robinson-Haden ’94 Danielle T. Bennett ’99 Frachele Scott ’04 Frasier & Griffin, PLLC 1st Atlantic Surety Co. Melodee Henderson Core S. Cotton

Barristers Tamila V. Lee ’99 Phyliss V. Craig-Taylor James R. Hill ’75 Norman Butler ’74 John Pettit Yolonda Joiner ’15 Nichelle Perry ’97 Ronald S. Patterson Carolyn B. O’Garro-Moore ’87 Kelvin J. Atkinson ’03 David A. Green Gerald L. Walden Jr. ’01 Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Mr. Ralph Frazier, Sr. William G. Pagan ’14 Lawrence T. McPhail ’06 John W. Perry ’85 Malik C. Edwards VOLUME 23 • SPRING 2021

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Memorials

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Why I Support HBCUs — Frank S. Turner

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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

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

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

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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

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

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RJR Nabisco Endowed Chair — Professor Reginald Mombrun

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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

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

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

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pages 27-29

A Change of Perspective — Alexis Murray, SBA President

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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

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Transition in Chaos — Chip Baggett ‘16

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To Patent and Serve — Kia C. Bell

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

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Message from the Dean

4min
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Tribal Governance in the Midst of the “Storm” — Joshua Richardson ’20

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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

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Alumni Highlight: Sheila R. Spence

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