
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
LEAP CLE
FACULTY
LEAP
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION FACULTY
Our distinguished faculty at each training session is comprised of Law Professors, retired Judges, and seasoned Litigators bringing a combination of over 200 years of legal training and experience to the classroom.
LEAP FACULTY MEMBERS
MARGARET A. BURNAM
NCBL LEAP FACULTY MEMBER
Margaret A. Burnham, Professor of Law and Africana Studies at Northeastern University and directs the Civil Rights & Restorative Justice Project, which conducts research on violence against Black Americans during the Jim Crow years.
LENNOX S. HINDS
NCBL LEAP MODERATOR
Lennox S. Hinds, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University, International Human Rights Lawyer.
WILLIAM H. "BILLY" MURPHY, JR.
NCBL LEAP FACULTY MEMBER
William H. “Billy” Murphy Jr., Former judge in Baltimore, Maryland, Senior and Founding Partner in the law firm, Murphy, Falcon, Murphy law firm, with 40+ years of practice in and out of the courtroom.
BERNARD K. FREEMON
NCBL LEAP FACULTY MEMBER
Bernard K. Freamon, Professor of Law Emeritus at Seton Hall Law School; an adjunct professor of law at NYU School of Law; and an affiliate faculty member at George Mason University.
GERALDINE HINES
NCBL LEAP FACULTY MEMBER
Geraldine Hines, Retired Associate Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and a Huber Distinguished Visiting Professor, Boston College Law School.
THEODORE M. SHAW
NCBL LEAP FACULTY MEMBER
Theodore M. Shaw, Julius L. Chambers Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Civil Rights at the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill.
NANA GYAMFI
NCBL LEAP FACULTY MEMBER
Nana Gyamfi, President, National Conference of Black Lawyers, (NCBL) Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI).
IRVING L. JOYNER
NCBL LEAP FACULTY MEMBER
Irving L. Joyner, Professor of Law at North Carolina Central University School of Law. Professor Joyner has been engaged in litigation in the federal courts to challenge voter suppression laws and challenges to the redistricting plans for state and congressional legislative districts.
DONALD M. TEMPLE
NCBL LEAP FACULTY MEMBER
Donald M. Temple, Practicing lawywer in the District of Columbia and metropolitan area federal courts, teaches and mentors aspiring law students, advises fellow lawyers, and supports social and economic empowerment efforts domestically and internationally.