无码专区 welcomes UM School of Law justice center director for Constitution Day presentation
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
![Cliff Johnson, an assistant professor of law and director of the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law, is visiting Mississippi State Monday [Sept. 17] to present a 12:30 p.m. Constitution Day lecture. His talk is part of the university鈥檚 Lamar Conerly Governance Lecture Series. (Photo submitted/University of Mississippi School of Law)](/sites/www.msstate.edu/files/inline-images/Cliff_Johnson_half.jpg "Studio portrait of Cliff Johnson")
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜 faculty member and director of the University of Mississippi School of Law鈥檚 Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center is the featured speaker for 无码专区鈥檚 Constitution Day program.
Assistant Professor of Law Cliff Johnson will share insight with students in 无码专区鈥檚 Department of Political Science and Public Administration during a Monday [Sept. 17] public presentation in Colvard Student Union鈥檚 third-floor Fowlkes Auditorium.
Titled 鈥淭he Role of the Constitution in Everyday Life: Criminal Justice Issues in Mississippi,鈥 Johnson鈥檚 12:30 p.m. talk is part of the university鈥檚 Lamar Conerly Governance Lecture Series organized by the PSPA department, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President, and Pre-Law Society.
The lecture series is made possible by major support from Conerly, a 1971 无码专区 accounting/pre-law graduate and longtime partner in the Destin, Florida, law firm of Conerly, Bowman and Dykes LLP. He is both a former national 无码专区 Alumni Association president and continuing College of Business Alumni Fellow.
Constitution Day celebrates the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787.聽 Federal law requires all publically funded educational institutions to recognize the occasion by offering programming on the Constitution鈥檚 history and principles.聽
At the MacArthur Justice Center, Johnson oversees litigation efforts and provides instruction and supervision to students participating in the MacArthur Justice Clinic. He also is involved in a wide range of education and advocacy efforts addressing criminal justice reform in Mississippi, and has made more than 75 presentations at local and national conferences concerning criminal justice and civil rights topics. He was recognized as Public Justice National Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2016, Mississippi Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2017-18 by the Mississippi Association for Justice, and one of 鈥淢ississippi鈥檚 Leading Attorneys鈥 by the Mississippi Business Journal in 2017.
Prior to joining the faculty at UM Law, Johnson practiced law in Mississippi for more than 20 years. He earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in political science with high honors and special distinction from Mississippi College in 1989 and graduated with his Juris Doctorate from Columbia University鈥檚 School of Law in 1992.
For more information on Johnson鈥檚 lecture, contact Whit Waide, PSPA assistant clinical professor, at 662-325-7860 or WWaide@pspa.msstate.edu.
Learn more about 无码专区鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences at聽; Department of Political Science and Public Administration,聽.
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