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NCCU’s Professor Dorothy Hairston Mitchell Appointed as Chair of the North Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense

The North Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense Services is pleased to announce that its members voted to appoint Dorothy Hairston Mitchell as chair at its October 29, 2021 meeting.

“The Commission and IDS staff are grateful to Ms. Mitchell for her willingness to lead,” said Mary Pollard, Executive Director of the North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services. “The Commission and staff also extend their deepest thanks to outgoing Chair Darrin Jordan, who is presently serving as the president of the North Carolina State Bar.”