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Judge, law professor headline campus Constitution Day events

A county judge, a university law professor and an attorney will weigh in on U.S. Constitution issues as Georgia Perimeter College observes the national celebration of Constitution Day on Thursday, Sept. 17.

Decatur Campus: DeKalb County Juvenile Court Judge Vincent Crawford will speak on Decatur Campus from 10:15-11:10 a.m. in Room SB 1190. Crawford is a member of the Georgia Council of Juvenile Court Judges and the National Council of Family and Juvenile Court Judges. In 2011, he was appointed chairman by the Supreme Court of Georgia for the Juvenile Court Improvement Initiative. The Decatur event is organized by the Civic and Political Awareness Club, Student Government Association and the Department of Business and Social Sciences. 

Dunwoody Campus: Georgia State University law professor Eric Segal will speak about recent constitutional decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court at 11 a.m. in the Dunwoody Campus auditorium. Segall teaches federal courts and constitutional law and is the author of the book, “Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court is not a Court and its Justices are not Judges.” He is a commentator on the national XM Radio show, “StandUp.” The Dunwoody SGA also is sponsoring a voter registration drive from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. that day.  

Alpharetta Campus: Carlos Vilela, attorney and GPC and Georgia State graduate, will speak at the Alpharetta Campus on the “The Constitution: A Work in Progress.”  The event will be from 1-2:15 p.m. in AA-1140. While at Georgia Perimeter, Vilela served as a campus SGA president.