Judge Julius “Jay” Richardson serves on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Jay grew up in Barnwell, South Carolina. After graduating from Vanderbilt University, Jay moved to Hawaii and worked at a pool-side bar-and-grill. Jay later earned his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School, where he served as Articles Editor for the Law Review and right fielder for the law school’s championship softball team. Following law school, Jay clerked for Judge Richard A. Posner and for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. He then practiced with Kellogg Hansen in Washington, DC before returning to South Carolina as an Assistant United States Attorney. Along with prosecuting violent crime, gangs, terrorism, public corruption, civil rights, and narcotics trafficking, he led the prosecution of Dylann Roof, who was convicted and sentenced to death for his racist massacre of nine Black worshippers during a Bible study at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. He and his wife Macon are blessed with four daughters.
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Justice Jackson and the Prosecutor
Yale Student Chapter
Sterling Law Building127 Wall St
New Haven, CT 06511
The Power and Peril of Prosecutorial Discretion
Triangle Lawyers Chapter
Caffe Luna136 E Hargett Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
The Power and Peril of Prosecutorial Discretion
Chicago Student Chapter
The University of Chicago Law School1111 E. 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60605
School Choice in South Carolina: Unpacking the Eidson v. SC Dept. of Ed. Decision
South Carolina Student Chapter
South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law (Room 103)1525 Senate Street
Columbia, SC 29208
A Review of the 2023-2024 SCOTUS Term & its Implications
South Carolina Student Chapter
University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law1525 Senate St.
Columbia, SC 29208
Panel 1: Did James Madison Think Corporations Were People Too?
How did citizens understand corporate power at the Founding? What were the rights, privileges, and...
Panel 1: Did James Madison Think Corporations Were People Too?
How did citizens understand corporate power at the Founding? What were the rights, privileges, and...