Co-Sponsored by: Defenders, ACS, BLSA, Spring Break of Service

Sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Students for Diversity Month

Ms. Hall will be speaking about the realities of the criminal justice system in the South based on her experiences as a public defender in Mississippi and Tennessee.  Ms. Hall is a graduate of Gideon’s Promise and will discuss the organization.  Gideon's Promise has the mission to inspire, mobilize and train legal professionals to provide the highest quality defense representation to people unable to afford an attorney.  

Jacinta Hall is a 2005 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law. Her legal career began as a clerk to current Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Leslie King when he was the Chief Judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals. Jacinta then transitioned to the Hinds County Public Defender’s Office, where she remained until October, 2013. While with Hinds County, Jacinta served as the Intern Coordinator and as a lead trial attorney. Jacinta was a former board member and Vice-President of the Mississippi Public Defender’s Office, and is a graduate of Gideon’s Promise, formerly the Southern Public Defender’s Training Center. Currently, Jacinta is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Mississippi School of Law and an Assistant Public Defender with the Law Office of the Shelby County Public Defender, Memphis, TN.