| 词条 | Karol Mason |
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Early life and educationMason was born in Amityville, New York, on August 20, 1957. She earned an A.B. in mathematics in 1979 at the University of North Carolina and a J.D. from University of Michigan Law School.[2] She lived across the hall at law school from Valerie Jarrett.[1] She served for a year as law clerk for Judge John F. Grady of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.[2] CareerMason was an attorney for nearly three decades at the international Atlanta law firm Alston & Bird, where she headed the public finance group.[1] She was made the firm’s first black woman partner in 1990.[2] Obama campaign and administrationMason worked on the 2008 Obama campaign on the finance committee raising money in Georgia.[2] She joined the Obama administration’s Justice Department,[1] serving as a deputy associate attorney general from April 2009 to February 2012. After a year back at Alston & Bird,[2] Mason returned to the Justice Department as head of the Office of Justice Programs 2013-2017.[2] Mason was a low five-figure contributor to "Democratic candidates and causes" from 1994 to 2013 and a low four-figure contributor to Republicans over the same period.[3] In 2016, as part of National Reentry Week addressing the challenges of prisoners leaving incarceration, Mason instituted a policy in OJP to "no longer use words such as 'felon' or 'convict' to refer to released prisoners".[2] Also, noting the 50th anniversary of the landmark Jerry Gault case,[4] Mason co-wrote a column about juvenile justice and access to legal counsel as part of department efforts.[5] In October, Mason and Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. joined in the National Network of Safe Communities (NNSC) and John Jay's Institute for Innovation in Prosecution (IIP) initiative.[6] John Jay CollegeMason is the first woman and first African-American to serve as president of John Jay.[1] She succeeded Jeremy Travis,[7] college president since 2004.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 Vilensky, Mike, [https://www.wsj.com/articles/karol-mason-to-be-next-president-of-john-jay-college-1493584845 "Karol Mason to Be Next President of John Jay College" (subscription)], Wall Street Journal, April 30, 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mason, Karol}}2. ^1 Jackman, Tom, and (as guest) Karol Mason, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2016/05/04/guest-post-justice-dept-to-alter-its-terminology-for-released-convicts-to-ease-reentry/ "Guest Post: Justice Dept. agency to alter its terminology for released convicts, to ease reentry"], Washington Post, May 4, 2016. Retrieved 2017-05-01. 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 "Assistant Attorney General for Justice Programs: Who is Karol Mason?", Washington Post, March 03, 2013. Retrieved 2017-05-01. 4. ^Adler, Margot, [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10279166 "Gault Case Changed Juvenile Law"], NPR, May 19, 2007. Retrieved 2017-05-01. 5. ^Jackman, Tom, and (as guests) Karol Mason and Lisa Foster, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2016/12/20/guest-post-some-juvenile-defendants-still-denied-justice-through-lack-of-counsel/ "Guest Post: Some juvenile defendants still denied justice through lack of counsel"], Washington Post, December 20, 2016. Retrieved 2017-05-01. 6. ^"John Jay’s Institute for Innovation in Prosecution and the White House Co-Host a Roundtable on the Role of the Prosecutor", John Jay College of Criminal Justice Retrieved 2017-05-01. 7. ^{{cite web | url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00085259.html | title=Jeremy Travis | work=Library of Congress | accessdate=26 April 2016}} 6 : Obama administration personnel|Living people|1957 births|University of North Carolina alumni|University of Michigan Law School alumni|American lawyers |
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