Session Three: The Attorney General and Civil Unrest: A Comparison of Ramsey Clark and William Barr
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Start Date
16-10-2020 1:30 PM
End Date
16-10-2020 2:45 PM
Description
The third session featured Professor Lonnie T. Brown
Lonnie T. Brown Jr., who holds the A. Gus Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Legal Ethics and Professionalism, joined the University of Georgia School of Law faculty in the fall of 2002. He teaches courses in civil procedure, the law and ethics of lawyering, ethics in litigation, and Georgia practice and procedure. In 2019, he was named a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, UGA's highest honor for teaching excellence. From 2013 to 2015, he served as the law school's associate dean for academic affairs.
Brown's research concentrates primarily on legal ethics in the adversary system, and he speaks and writes frequently in this area. He also has written a biography of former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark titled Defending the Public's Enemy: The Life and Legacy of Ramsey Clark (Stanford University Press, 2019) and is a co-author of the Fourth Edition of Professional Responsibility: A Contemporary Approach (West Academic, 2020).
Prior to joining UGA, Brown was an assistant professor at the University of Illinois College of Law and served as a visiting assistant professor at Vanderbilt University. In addition, he taught at Emory University as an adjunct professor. He also served as a judicial clerk for Judge William C. O'Kelley of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. From 1991 to 1999, he practiced law as an associate and a partner at Alston & Bird in Atlanta.
Brown currently serves as the vice chair of the Drafting Committee for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam and is a member of the State Bar of Georgia Formal Advisory Opinion Board and the Executive Committee for the Professional Responsibility Section of the American Association of Law Schools. In addition, he is a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, a body responsible for issuing formal opinions interpreting the ABA’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct and Model Code of Judicial Conduct. He is also a longstanding member of the ABA's Center for Professional Responsibility and the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers.
In 2007, Brown was the recipient of the inaugural C. Ronald Ellington Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is also a 13-time recipient of the Student Bar Association's Professionalism Award, and he has been selected three times as an honorary faculty marshal by graduating classes. At the university level, Brown has served as an Administrative Fellow in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost and as a Senior Teaching Fellow. In addition, he is a member of the UGA Teaching Academy.
Brown earned his bachelor's degree from Emory University, where he was a Robert W. Woodruff Scholar, student body president and recipient of the Marion Luther Brittain Award, Emory's highest student honor. He then earned his law degree from Vanderbilt University, where he was a Patrick Wilson Scholar and editor-in-chief of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law.
Recommended Citation
Lonnie T. Brown, Civil Unrest and the Role of the Attorney General: A Comparison of Ramsey Clark to William Barr, 72 Mercer L. Rev. 789 (2021).
Session Three: The Attorney General and Civil Unrest: A Comparison of Ramsey Clark and William Barr
The third session featured Professor Lonnie T. Brown
Lonnie T. Brown Jr., who holds the A. Gus Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Legal Ethics and Professionalism, joined the University of Georgia School of Law faculty in the fall of 2002. He teaches courses in civil procedure, the law and ethics of lawyering, ethics in litigation, and Georgia practice and procedure. In 2019, he was named a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, UGA's highest honor for teaching excellence. From 2013 to 2015, he served as the law school's associate dean for academic affairs.
Brown's research concentrates primarily on legal ethics in the adversary system, and he speaks and writes frequently in this area. He also has written a biography of former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark titled Defending the Public's Enemy: The Life and Legacy of Ramsey Clark (Stanford University Press, 2019) and is a co-author of the Fourth Edition of Professional Responsibility: A Contemporary Approach (West Academic, 2020).
Prior to joining UGA, Brown was an assistant professor at the University of Illinois College of Law and served as a visiting assistant professor at Vanderbilt University. In addition, he taught at Emory University as an adjunct professor. He also served as a judicial clerk for Judge William C. O'Kelley of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. From 1991 to 1999, he practiced law as an associate and a partner at Alston & Bird in Atlanta.
Brown currently serves as the vice chair of the Drafting Committee for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam and is a member of the State Bar of Georgia Formal Advisory Opinion Board and the Executive Committee for the Professional Responsibility Section of the American Association of Law Schools. In addition, he is a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, a body responsible for issuing formal opinions interpreting the ABA’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct and Model Code of Judicial Conduct. He is also a longstanding member of the ABA's Center for Professional Responsibility and the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers.
In 2007, Brown was the recipient of the inaugural C. Ronald Ellington Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is also a 13-time recipient of the Student Bar Association's Professionalism Award, and he has been selected three times as an honorary faculty marshal by graduating classes. At the university level, Brown has served as an Administrative Fellow in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost and as a Senior Teaching Fellow. In addition, he is a member of the UGA Teaching Academy.
Brown earned his bachelor's degree from Emory University, where he was a Robert W. Woodruff Scholar, student body president and recipient of the Marion Luther Brittain Award, Emory's highest student honor. He then earned his law degree from Vanderbilt University, where he was a Patrick Wilson Scholar and editor-in-chief of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law.
Comments
Read Professor Brown's article in the Mercer Law Review.