Jennifer Riley-Collins, Executive Director of ACLU-MS, Joins the Show Today!

We have been able to pull together a show rather quickly today as we feel this topic is of the upmost importance!  Jennifer Riley-Collins, Executive Director of the ACLU of Mississippi, will join us to discuss the lawsuit ACLU of Misssissippi has filed today against the State of Mississippi specifically HB1523.

Ms. Riley-Collins is a native of Meridian, MS. She is a 1987 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Alcorn State University. In 1993, she earned her Masters of Criminal Justice Administration from the University of Central Texas in one year while serving on Active Duty as a primary staff officer. In 1997, she returned to Mississippi after receiving a merit based scholarship and in 1999 received her Doctor of Jurisprudence from Mississippi College School of Law, graduating a full semester ahead of her classmates.

Ms. Riley-Collins is an attorney licensed to practice in both state and federal courts. An advocate for quality representation and equal justice for all she has been a speaker both across the country on issues related to providing zealous representation to juvenile clients. She has coordinated the legislative advocacy efforts aimed at reforming Mississippi’s juvenile justice system and de-institutionalizing at-risk youth. Ms. Riley-Collins has studied and written about the Mississippi juvenile justice system. These are merely a few examples of the great work by Ms. Riley-Collins. We will discuss more on the show!

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