In 1989, Ogletree began working as a professor at his law school alma mater, and eventually became Harvard Law School’s vice dean for clinical programs and the Jesse Climenko Professor of Law, positions he still serves in to this day.
Among his other accomplishments, Ogletree he has been a frequent television and radio commentator on high-profile legal cases and author of several books that touch topics such as race, civil rights, and the law.
Among his awards and honors, Ogletree has won the National Conference on Black Lawyers People’s Lawyer of the Year Award, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and the Albert Sacks-Paul A. Freund Award for Teaching Excellence.
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