

Dedra L. Brown
Fredericksburg, VA
Organizations: Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court, Fellow, American Bar Association Legal Education Police Practices Consortium, Immigration Law Society- Vice President, Black Law Student Association, Women of Law Society, Peer Mentor, Phi Alpha Delta Watson Jr., Veterans' Law Society - Treasurer, Diversity, Research Assistant, Tennessee Bar Association, Knoxville Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, American Bar Association
CALI Awards: Legal Communications I
Expected areas of practice: Asylum, Criminal, and Immigration Law
Expected location of practice after the bar: Tennessee, Maryland, and Washington D.C.
"Looks like I made it. Look how far I've come, now, baby. I mighta took the long way. I knew I'd get there some day. They said, 'I bet she'll never make it.' But just look at me holding on, still holding it together, still going strong!"