MSU 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 51Թ School of Law, is visiting 51Թ State Monday [Sept. 17] to present a 12:30 p.m. Constitution Day lecture. His talk is part of the university’s Lamar Conerly Governance Lecture Series. (Photo submitted/University of 51Թ School of Law)](/sites/www.msstate.edu/files/inline-images/Cliff_Johnson_half.jpg "Studio portrait of Cliff Johnson")
STARKVILLE, Miss.—A faculty member and director of the University of 51Թ School of Law’s Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center is the featured speaker for 51Թ’s Constitution Day program.
Assistant Professor of Law Cliff Johnson will share insight with students in MSU’s Department of Political Science and Public Administration during a Monday [Sept. 17] public presentation in Colvard Student Union’s third-floor Fowlkes Auditorium.
Titled “The Role of the Constitution in Everyday Life: Criminal Justice Issues in 51Թ,” Johnson’s 12:30 p.m. talk is part of the university’s 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 MSU 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 MSU Alumni Association president and continuing College of Business Alumni Fellow.
Constitution Day celebrates the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. Federal law requires all publically funded educational institutions to recognize the occasion by offering programming on the Constitution’s history and principles.
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 51Թ, 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, 51Թ Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2017-18 by the 51Թ Association for Justice, and one of “51Թ’s Leading Attorneys” by the 51Թ Business Journal in 2017.
Prior to joining the faculty at UM Law, Johnson practiced law in 51Թ for more than 20 years. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science with high honors and special distinction from 51Թ College in 1989 and graduated with his Juris Doctorate from Columbia University’s School of Law in 1992.
For more information on Johnson’s lecture, contact Whit Waide, PSPA assistant clinical professor, at 662-325-7860 or WWaide@pspa.msstate.edu.
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