Jocelyn Benson
Wayne State University Law School
Detroit,
Michigan
Jocelyn Benson was named dean of the Wayne State University Law School, effective June 16, 2014, after having served as interim dean since December 2012. She has been a key member of the law faculty since 2005. Prior to serving as dean, she was an associate professor of law and associate director of the law school's Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights. In that capacity she created the Michigan Allies Project, an effort designed to track hate incidents throughout Michigan and provide legal support for victims. Ms. Benson's areas of expertise include civil rights law, education law, and election law. She is widely quoted on those subjects in local, regional, national, and international media and has written numerous book chapters and law review articles. In 2010, her book, "State Secretaries of State: Guardians of the Democratic Process," was published. It is the first major book on the role of the secretary of state in enforcing election and campaign finance laws. That same year, she was the Democratic candidate for Michigan's secretary of state.
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