Reginald Heber Smith fellow, Duval County Legal Aid Association, Florida, 1969-1970
Assistant public defender, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Florida, 1970-1972
Private practice, Jacksonville, Florida, 1972-1979
Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, Fourth Judicial Circuit, 1979-1993
Consistent with providing the professional leadership necessary to advocate and defend the rights of all, but particularly of African-Americans and other minorities, it is the Law School's mission to: Educate and enable students to develop their highest capabilities and skills as lawyers; Engage as an institution in the active pursuit of solutions to domestic and international legal, social, economic and political problems that are of particular concern to minority groups; and Imbue its students with dedication to excellence and commitment to the solutions to those problems.