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Renorda Herring, at left, has a passion for helping kids and hopes her program continues to grow. At graduation, Herring won the NCCU dean’s award for public service. She volunteered with Durham Teen Court — a teen-run legal system for first offenders under the Durham courts — as a 1L. The next year she recruited classmates to join her. She raised money to feed the homeless, organized Easter egg hunts, and even persuaded law professors to perform karaoke for students who raised the most money. Professors donated money to keep from having to perform. She’s organized ‘youth and the law’ programs for middle- and high school students. She helped teach on the court system and constitutional law at a school for kids suspended from their home schools. “Renorda has this vision of making this her life’s work — working in the alternative system, on the restorative justice model,” said Page Potter, director of NCCU’s pro bono program. Now that she’s graduated, Potter says Herring’s work will continue at Durham, just as it did in Atlanta. She says Herring’s diversionary program will be part of NCCU’s new dispute resolution program, begun just this year. Meanwhile, her Teen Court ‘cadre’ of law student volunteers continue to recruit students, with, among other tools, an intranet page on the school’s website. Next up for Renorda herself? Only the world. “It’s what I’m going to do for the rest of my life,” she said. “It’s my passion. Yes, I want to go to court, litigate, that’s exciting; but my passion is my program.” And not only in Atlanta, or Durham. “I’m praying I can get my program really started,” she said. “Hopefully in the next 10 years it’s going in a couple states. I’d love for my program to go around the world.” A passion continued from page 14 “The whole class gave him an ovation,” she said. He called her two years ago, while she was at law school. “Now he has a job … he has a girlfriend, and things are going well,” she said. “I didn’t go out of my way for him. I just told him to get his GED and I helped him get a job.” Leave a legacy While a law student she’s done just about everything the school’s pro bono program offers. The Seton Hall University School of Law Zanzibar Winter Intersession Program on Modern Day Slavery and Human Trafficking For more information, visit our website at http://law.shu.edu/zanzibar. December 21, 2007 – January 6, 2008 An interesting and innovative educational experience in law and jurisprudence, focused on the twin problems of modern day slavery and human trafficking. A two-credit ABA approved course in Slavery, Human Trafficking and the Law, taught by distinguished international law faculty; The opportunity to meet and interact with prominent judges and lawyers working in the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda, located in Arusha, Tanzania, and NGO representatives and UN personnel working to combat human trafficking; The chance to explore the rich history, sights, and beaches of Zanzibar; Optional safari tours in Tanzania also are available. For more information, contact: Professor Bernard Freamon Seton Hall University School of Law One Newark Center Newark, NJ 07102 Phone: (973) 642-8827 Fax: (973) 642-8546 Email: zanzibar@shu.edu SETON HALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW 16 THE NATIONAL JURIST September 2007 http://law.shu.edu/zanzibar http://law.shu.edu/zanzibar

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National Jurist - September 2007 Contents Free Speech Disturbing the Peace For the Record Judge Approves $49 million BAR/BRI Settlement Law School Causes Emotional Stress, Study Finds New Textbook Breaks the Mold Southern Illinois Settles Lawsuit with Christian Legal Society Ave Maria Law Professors Protest School’s Move The Firm Report Student Hoax Shuts Down Hastings Law NCCU Grad Expands Her Program for Troubled Kids Hawaii Grad Finds Excitement in Saving Whales Diversity Hampering Whittier Accreditation? The Paper Chase Chronicles The Supreme Court: An Insider’s View Detroit Mercy’s Innovative Changes Pay Off Career Hotline The J.D. Files

National Jurist - September 2007

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