Yale Law School
P.O. Box 209090
New Haven, CT 06511-9090
203.432.4022 (w)
203.432.1426 (f)

EXPERIENCE

YALE LAW SCHOOL
Associate Clinical Professor of Law                  2004 – Present
Teaches and writes in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, legal ethics, and race theory. Founding Director of the Samuel and Anna Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic at Yale Law School. Won Yale Law School Teaching Award for outstanding teaching during first year. 

 D.C. PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE          2000 - 2004
 Director                         (2002 – 2004)
 General Counsel            (2000 - 2002)
 Staff Attorney                (1995 – 1997)

As Director, chief executive officer of a 200-employee, federally funded defender service with an annual budget of over $30 million.  Responsible for all fiscal, personnel, and policy decisions for agency. Testified before the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the D.C. Council on criminal law issues. Devised agency’s first strategic and annual plans. Under directorship, agency built state-of-the-art electronic, moot courtroom – the only one of its kind in U.S. dedicated to defense bar; agency became first institutional winner of the “Servant of Justice Award” by D.C. Legal Services Agency; agency sponsored its first ever Forensic Science Conference offered free-of-charge to defense bar.   

As General Counsel, part of four member senior management team for agency. Represented the agency in all civil matters and individual lawyer matters before the Office of the Bar Counsel. Served as lead counsel in two significant cases in 2001: (1) federal judge declared D.C.’s Sexual Offender Registration Act to be unconstitutional; and (2) federal judge declared U.S. Parole Commission’s regulations regarding parole revocation to be unconstitutional.  Served as chief ethics officer for agency.  Represent agency on Superior Court Criminal Rules Advisory Committee.
 
As a staff attorney, served as first chair in dozens of serious juvenile delinquency cases, as well as adult misdemeanor and felony cases. Obtained acquittals or "hung juries" in each case taken to trial, no convictions. Supervised attorneys in preparation and presentation of juvenile and adult cases.
 
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP      1999 - 2000
Associate, Litigation Department
Represented corporate clients in criminal and civil investigations by federal enforcement agencies, and in class action and other private civil litigation. Also advised financial institutions on regulatory compliance and litigation risk management issues. Represented corporations and individuals in matters that require concurrent representation in the civil, criminal, and political arenas.  Maintained an active pro bono practice.

BAACH ROBINSON & LEWIS              1997- 1999
Associate, Litigation 
Practiced in areas of complex civil, commercial and white-collar criminal litigation. Worked on team representing the Liquidators of Bank of Credit and Commerce International in multi-jurisdictional criminal and civil litigation involving international fraud, racketeering, and asset tracing matters. Worked on team representing the Lloyd's London insurance market on a variety of complex insurance and reinsurance coverage matters. Deposed and defended dozens of witnesses in a variety of complex commercial matters. Maintained an active pro bono practice.

LAW SOCIETY OF KENYA
Visiting Attorney           1994-1995
Nairobi, Kenya
Worked on Law Society committee charged with drafting new constitution for Kenya. Worked with team of Kenyan lawyers on a major public corruption prosecution. Worked with Kenya Human Rights Commission on monitoring and challenging human rights abuses in Kenya.

EDUCATION

Harvard Law School, J.D., June 1994
Honors:          Best Oralist, 1994 BLSA Regional Moot Court Competition; General Editor, Harvard Blackletter Law Journal
Activities:       President, Black Law Students Association 1992-93; Harvard University Resident Tutor in Law, Leverett House; Teaching Assistant, Harvard Law School and Harvard College; Research Assistant, Prof. Charles Ogletree
    
John F. Kennedy School of Government, 1991-1992

Morehouse College, B.A., Political Science, June 1989, magna cum laude
Honors:         Phi Beta Kappa; Class Salutatorian
Activities:       Recipient, Ford Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Fellow; Associate Editor for Editorials, Maroon Tiger; Chief Justice, Student Court

PUBLICATIONS

Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., A Bill of Sale from the Almighty God: Margaret Morgan’s Journey from Slavery to Freedom to Slavery, in Race Law Stories (Foundation Press, Forthcoming 2006)

Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., Beyond Good and Evil: Rethinking Lord Brougham’s Menace (Forthcoming 2005)

Paul C. Taylor, Stephanie Robinson, Eddie S. Glaude, and Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., While Democracy Sleeps: A White Paper on Democratic Citizenship in the United States, available at, http://www.jamestownproject.org/articles.html

Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., Multiple Ironies: Brown at 50, 47  How. L.J. 29 (2003).

National Drug Court Institute, Critical Issues for Defense Attorneys in Drug Court (April 2003) (Primary Author)

Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. & Jeffrey Berman, Emergency Room Triage: A Review of “Real Justice,” (Review of PBS television broadcast, Frontline, November 11, 2000) 
 
Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. & Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., "Marchin' On": Towards A Politics For The Twenty-First Century, in Black Men on Race, Gender, and Sexuality: A Critical Reader (Devon Carbado, ed., New York University Press 1999).

Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., Note, A License to Search: The Plain Feel Exception Under Minnesota v. Dickerson, 113 S.Ct. 2130 (1993), 11 Harv. BLJ 181 (1994) (student article).

CONGRESSIONAL, STATE, and LOCAL TESTIMONY

U.S. Senate, Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia (March 30, 2004)

U.S. Senate, Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia (March 3, 2004)

Council of the District of Columbia, Committee on the Judiciary (January 16, 2004)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia (April 30, 2003)

U.S. Senate, Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia (March 12, 2003)

U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security (March 11, 2003)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia (October 17, 2002)

Council of the District of Columbia, The Committee on Education, Libraries and Recreation (April 26, 2001)

Council of the District of Columbia, The Committee on the Judiciary (April 17, 1996)

LECTURES & PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Lecture, A Bill of Sale from the Almighty God: Classical Racialism, Justice Story, and Margaret Morgan’s Journey from Freedom to Slavery, Centennial Conference, Race and Law Stories, Fordham University School of Law (November 11, 2005)

Lecture, The Law and Tactics of Hearsay Objections, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C. (October 21, 2005)

Moderator, While Democracy Sleeps, The Jamestown Project at Yale, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT (October 6, 2005)

Lecture, The Art and Science of Cross Examination, Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, First Annual Trial Skills Workshop, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (July 25 - 29, 2005).

Moderator, Celebrity on Trial: Is it Justice or Just Us?, MTV News & Harvard Black Alumni Network, New York, NY (July 14, 2005)

Panelist, Sino-U.S.A. Bail Reform Pilot Workshop, Beijing, China (July 2 – 3, 2005)

Lecture, The Best Offense is a Good Defense: Evidence Blocking in Criminal Trials, Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA (March 12, 2005)

Faculty, Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, New Attorney Training Conference, Jekyll Island, Georgia (January 18 – 22, 2005).

Panelist, Being a Public Defender, Yale Law School (December 6, 2004)

Co-chair, National Legal Aid and Defender Association’s Annual Conference, Breaking Barriers to Equality & Justice: Commemorating the Spirit of Brown, Washington, D.C. (December 1 – 4, 2004).

Panelist, Separate and Unequal: Race and Poverty in America’s Public Defense Systems, National Legal Aid & Defender Association’s Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. (December 2, 2004).

Moderator, Brown v. Board of Education and Its Impact on the Criminal Justice System: Is This the New Civil Rights Battleground?, Criminal Practice Institute, Washington, D.C. (November 20, 2004).

Lecture, Ethical Lawyering and Criminal Defense, Circuit Defender Conference, Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, McRae, GA (November 18 & 19).

Keynote Speaker, Plenary on The Criminal Justice System: Criminal Justice as a Priority of the Progressive Movement, Center for Policy Alternatives, Southern Criminal Justice Conference, Austin, TX (June 12, 2004)

Keynote Speaker, Brown v. Board of Education Commemorative Conference: 50 Years Later, Why are We still Separate and Unequal, Princeton Justice Project, Princeton University (April 17, 2004)

Panelist, The Consequences of Arrest and Incarceration for the Underrepresented; National Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts (April 14, 2004)

Keynote Speaker, The Ironies of Brown, University Scholars, Duke University (April 1, 2004)

Panelist, Brown at 50: Lessons of Litigation, Duke University (April 1, 2004)

Moderator, Charlotte E. Ray American Inn of Court, Kobe’s Last Play?: A Legal and Social Analysis of Kobe’s Colorado Criminal Case, Washington, D.C. (January 22, 2004)

Panelist, Forty Years After Gideon: A Dream Realized or a Dream Deferred?, 2003 Criminal Justice Institute, Howard University Law School (November 21, 2003)

Panelist, The Promise of Gideon: Indigent Defense in the District of Columbia, Twenty-Eight Annual Judicial Conference for the District of Columbia (July 15, 2003)

Moderator, Department of Justice, National Symposium on Indigent Defense 2000, Toward Equal Justice: Improving Public Trust and Confidence in the Criminal Justice System (June 2000)
 
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Faculty Advisor, Harvard BlackLetter Law Journal (2005 – Present)
Co-chair, Criminal Justice Issues Group, American Constitution Society, Constitution in the 21st Century Project (2005 – Present)
Board of Advisors, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, Appellate Support Network (2005-Present)
Member, American Council of Chief Defenders (2002 – Present)
Member, Defender Policy Group, National Legal Aid and Defender Association (2002 – 2005)
Visiting Faculty, Harvard Law School’s Trial Advocacy Workshop
Faculty member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) program, Georgetown University
Legal Commentator, various television networks, including CNN, FoxNews, and PBS
 
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Board of Directors, Hamden YMCA, 2005 – Present (Hamden, CT)
Local Advisory Board, The B.E.L.L. Foundation, 2003-2004 (Washington, D.C.)
Board of Directors, The National African American Museum and Cultural Complex, Inc.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Judge, Semi-final round, Moot Court, Fall 2005
Moot Court Faculty Advisor 2005 – Present
Admission Committee  2005 – Present
Discipline-Complaint Panel  2004 – Present
Space Committee 2004 – 2005
Judge, Semi-final round, Moot Court, Spring 2005
Sponsor, Erosion of Logical Relevancy: Application of Rape-Shield Laws in Alleged Acquaintance Rape Prosecutions (a lecture by Kobe Bryant’s attorney, Pamela Mackey)
 
  
AWARDS
 
2005  Yale Law School Teaching Award
2004  The Lever Award (“for tireless pursuit of justice and civil rights for all”), The District of Columbia Law Students in Court Program. (October 7, 2004)
2003  Servant of Justice Award, The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia (accepted in capacity of Director Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia)
1994 Constance Baker Motley Award for Best Orator, National Black Law Students Association, Northeast Regional Moot Court Competition
1993 Outstanding Service Award, Harvard Divinity School’s Black Students Association
1989 Exemplary Social Outreach Award, Morehouse College Honors Program

BAR ADMISSIONS

United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
State Bar of Georgia