Posted on Dec 2, 2021
Florida law school creates Ben Crump social justice center
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A South Florida law school announced on Thursday the creation of a social justice center named after Ben Crump, the Black civil rights attorney who has gained national notoriety representing victims of police brutality and vigilante violence
Florida law school creates Ben Crump social justice center
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The Benjamin L. Crump Center for Social Justice, housed at the St. Thomas University College of Law in Miami Gardens, aims to nurture the next generation of civil rights lawyers while also pushing more racial and gender diversity in the legal profession, school officials told The Associated Press ahead of the announcement.
Calls for racial justice saw greater prominence in the wake of the 2020 protests over George Floyd's murder by a Minneapolis police officer. But the nation lacks a robust pipeline of social justice lawyers ready to take on such cases, said Crump, who has represented the families of Floyd, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Breonna Taylor, among others.
“We really are trying to prepare an army — the next generation of social justice engineers,” the Tallahassee, Florida-based attorney told the AP."...
..."The Benjamin L. Crump Center for Social Justice, housed at the St. Thomas University College of Law in Miami Gardens, aims to nurture the next generation of civil rights lawyers while also pushing more racial and gender diversity in the legal profession, school officials told The Associated Press ahead of the announcement.
Calls for racial justice saw greater prominence in the wake of the 2020 protests over George Floyd's murder by a Minneapolis police officer. But the nation lacks a robust pipeline of social justice lawyers ready to take on such cases, said Crump, who has represented the families of Floyd, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Breonna Taylor, among others.
“We really are trying to prepare an army — the next generation of social justice engineers,” the Tallahassee, Florida-based attorney told the AP."...
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May civil rights and equality keep going forward without ever having another setback like 2016 - 2020.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel My late Angelic father, The Hon. James Sloane Higgins went to Harvard Law School.
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