Stephen Bright

Georgia

Since 1983

President and Senior Counsel

Southern Center for Human Rights

Current

University of Kentucky College of Law

J.D.

University of Kentucky

B.A. | Political Science

Lifetime Achievement Award

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer

2008

Newsmaker (and Agitator) of the Year

The Fulton Daily Law Report, Georgia's legal newspaper

2003

for his contribution to bringing about creation of a public defender system in Georgia.

Thurgood Marshall Award

American Bar Association

1998

Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty

American Civil Liberties Union

1991

Georgia State Bar

Member

1983 - Current

Finding Life on Death Row by Kayta Lezin

Northeastern University Press

1999

Proximity to Death by William McFeely

Norton

1999