The 2008 Winner
THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS HAS PASSED. THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN SEPTEMBER 2008.
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.
|
Proudly Sponsored By:
2008 Selection Committee
Honorary Chair:
Morris Dees
Co-Chairs:
Robert C. Sheehan
Executive Partner, Skadden
Kenneth Randall
Dean and Thomas E. McMillan Professor, The University of Alabama School of Law
Members:
Julian Bond
Norman Dorsen
Bryan K. Fair
Kathryn O. Greenberg
William Wayne Justice
Helen B. Kim
Susan Butler Plum
Marsha E. Simms
Tari D. Williams
Vaughn C. Williams
|
© 2008 - The University of Alabama School of Law;