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  Donald, Bernice B.
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  2017-01-01  
 
NameBernice B. Donald
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Born September 17, 1951 (73 years)
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InfoTHE HONORABLE BERNICE B. DONALD, a Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, received her law degree from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School Of Law. Prior to being appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals in 2011, she served on the U.S. District Court for more than fifteen years. She is currently Chair of the American Bar Association (“ABA”) Center for Human Rights and will publish an implicit bias resource book for judges. Prior to this, she served as Chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section, where her focus was on issues concerning implicit bias, children of incarcerated parents, mass incarceration, and the collateral consequences of incarceration. Having previously served as Secretary of the American Bar Association (ABA), Judge Donald currently participates in the House of Delegates. Judge Donald has been faculty at the National Judicial College, the Federal Judicial Center, and the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center & School. In addition, she has served as faculty for international programs in Romania, Mexico, Turkey, Brazil, Bosnia, Jordan, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, Senegal, Rwanda, Tanzania, Russia, Egypt, Morocco, Uganda, Thailand, Armenia, Jamaica, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Great Britain, Costa Rica, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

Judge Donald’s writings include the following: Not Your Father’s Legal Profession: Technology, Globalization, Diversity, and the Future of Law Practice in the United States, 44 U. Mem. L. Rev. 645 (2014); Bringing Back Reasonable Inferences: A Short, Simple Suggestion for Addressing Some Problems at the Intersection of Employment Discrimination and Summary Judgment, 57 N.Y.L. Sch. L. Rev. 749 (2012-2013); and The Not-So-New Normal of the Legal Profession: Facing and Confounding the Odds, 23 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol’y & L. 1 (2014). Judge Donald has received over 100 awards for professional, civic, and community activities, including the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Memphis, the Martin Luther King Community Service Award, and the Benjamin Hooks Award from the Memphis Bar Foundation.

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