public interest lawyerMr. Stevenson is a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned. Walter McMillian (left) celebrates with family after Bryan Stevenson won his release from death row in 1993.
Bryan Stevenson (born November 14, 1959) is an American lawyer, social justice activist, law professor at New York University School of Law and the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative....Bryan StevensonWebsitebryanstevenson.com6 more rows
After his graduation from Harvard Law School and the Kennedy School of Government, Stevenson worked as a staff attorney for the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta (1985) and then as executive director of the Alabama Capital Representation Resource Center (1989-95), where he represented capital defendants.
A 1985 graduate of Harvard, with both a master's in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government and a JD from the School of Law, Bryan Stevenson joined the clinical faculty at New York University School of Law in 1998.
He is still executive director and has recently challenged extreme sentences imposed on young children in several cases before the US Supreme Court.
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Milton, DEBryan Stevenson / Place of birthMilton is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States, on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is located on the Broadkill River, which empties into Delaware Bay. The population was 2,576 at the 2010 census, an increase of 55.5% over the previous decade. Wikipedia
62 years (November 14, 1959)Bryan Stevenson / Age
Bright (born 1948) is an American lawyer known for representing people facing the death penalty, advocating for the right to counsel for poor people accused of crimes, and challenging inhumane practices and conditions in prisons and jails.
Stevenson studied political science and philosophy and graduated in 1981. Stevenson moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts in the fall of 1981 to attend Harvard University, where he was accepted into a dual degree program in law and public policy with Harvard Law School and the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
How did Stevenson's background prepare him for law school? Because he came from a white family who was rich and allowed him to go to law school. What famous novel was written in Monroe County, AL, and how is it relevant to Just Mercy? American population?
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