Deborah LaBelle

Senior Lawyer in Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Deborah LaBelle's educational history is rich with notable American universities. She is also a successful attorney and writer. Her work focuses on various crucial themes, including the human rights of individuals in detention, the interplay of race and gender, and children's rights in the United States' criminal justice and education systems. Furthermore, she has done a lot of work on youth and the issues they confront when exercising their human rights. Deborah LaBelle is the Director of the ACLU of Michigan's Juvenile Life Without Parole Initiative, the Coordinator of Michigan's Juvenile Mitigation Access Committee, and the co-founder of the national Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth and the Youth Justice Fund.

Deborah LaBelle's accomplishments do not stop there; she has also garnered various honours for her contributions to human rights. Among these awards are the Public Justice Foundation's National Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, the Federal Bar Association's Wade McCree Jr. Award, Michigan's State Bar Champion of Justice Award, the National Lawyer Guild's Law for the People Award, the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan Justice for All Award, the Integrity in the Community Award, and many more.

All of this shows how much Deborah LaBelle cares about society and fights for the human rights of those caught up in various difficulties.