Judge Doris May Harris: Pioneer in Children's Court

Judge Doris May Harris: Pioneer in Children's Court

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

All Bones Considered #071, segment 3

Doris May Harris was a summa cum laude graduate of Howard University who was the third Black woman to earn a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She went on to a long and distinguished career on the bench and introduced novel approaches to the punishment and rehabilitation of teen offenders.

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