June Jeffries is Fall 2007 Advocate in Residence
June Jeffries will visit Washburn Law as an Advocate in Residence from October 29-November 2, 2007.
The following events during Ms. Jeffries' visit are open to the public:
- Monday, October 29, 2007
Experience and Reflections: Arbitrary Justice, the Power of the American Prosecutor
Noon, Room 114
Special Lunch Opportunity: A limited number of first come, first served seats are available to students who wish to eat lunch with Ms. Jeffries from 1-2 p.m. following her October 29th presentation. RSVP by noon, Thursday, October 25, 2007 to Chad Giles at chad.giles [at] washburn.edu if interested. - Wednesday, October 31, 2007
The Day True Villain Came to Town
Noon, Room 114
June M. Jeffries has been a federal prosecutor in the District of Columbia since 1983. Prior to her move to Washington, D.C. she practiced law for five years in Detroit, Michigan. Ms. Jeffries has spent the bulk of her career prosecuting homicide cases, including:
- U.S. v. Marthell Dean: Dean was convicted of shooting police officer Brian Gibson as he sat in his patrol car, stopped at a red light, opposite the Ibex Nightclub on Georgia Avenue in the District of Columbia.
- Walter Johnson for the murder of Metro Transit Police officer Marlon Morales who was at the U Street-Cardoza Metro station.
A special interest of Ms. Jeffries is the prosecution of child homicide cases. She was featured in an August 6, 2006, article "The Avenger" in the Washington Post for her work in this area.
Ms. Jeffries is a native of Detroit, Michigan. She earned her bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. Ms Jeffries has served on the faculty of the mandatory second-year Trial Techniques Program at Emory University School of Law since 1992. She has also served on the faculty of the Georgetown University Law Center's National Institute of Trial Advocacy's program for several years and as a faculty member of the Trial Advocacy Workshop at Harvard Law School in January 2005, 2006, and 2007. She served a four year term as an at-large trustee of the American Inns of Court and was treasurer and president of the Charlotte E. Ray American Inn of Court. Ms. Jeffries is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeal for the District of Columbia and the Sixth Circuit, the United States Tax Court, and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the Eastern District of Michigan.
