About Morris Dees
Dees, a 1960 graduate of The University of Alabama School of Law, is the Co-Founder and Chief Trial Counsel for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama. The Center is internationally known for tracking hate groups and extremist activity, conducting tolerance training education, and winning cases against white supremacists.
About the Award
The University of Alabama School of Law
and Skadden have established
The Morris Dees Justice Award
in honor of University of Alabama
alumnus and civil rights attorney
Morris Dees.
With this award, we honor his life-long career
dedicated to public service, including his fight
for civil rights, equality, and freedom, and
against poverty, discrimination, and racism.
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2009 Selection Committee
Honorary Chair:
Morris Dees
Co-Chairs:
Robert C. Sheehan
Partner, Skadden, Arps
Kenneth Randall
Dean and Thomas E. McMillan Professor, The University of Alabama School of Law
Members:
Martha Davis
Professor
Northeastern University School of Law
Bryan Fair
Associate Dean of Special Programs
The University of Alabama School of Law
Jan Greenburg
Correspondent
ABC News
Margaret Huang
Executive Director
Rights Working Group
John S. Kiernan
Co-Chair
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
John Payton
Counsel and President
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Susan Butler Plum
Director
Skadden, Arps Public Interest Fellowship
Tiren Steinbach
Director
East Bay Community Law Center, Boalt Hall
Tari D. Williams
Director, Public Interest Law Programs
The University of Alabama School of Law
Vaughn C. Williams
Partner
Skadden, Arps |
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