Bio
Dwayne joined the ACLU of Delaware in 2020, after serving for three years with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and two years with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Dwayne began his legal career at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP, in Washington, D.C.
Prior to attending law school, Dwayne was selected as a Truman Scholar in 2006 and taught middle-school Science and Social Studies in Philadelphia Public Schools as a Teach for America corps member.
Dwayne's work with ACLU-DE has included education equity, free speech, and the rights of incarcerated people. Dwayne became Legal Director of ACLU-DE in 2022.
Featured Work
Liberty in the Courts: An End-of-Year Note from the Legal Team
This has been a banner year for our legal department: historic litigation, new cases, and a fully-staffed legal team — and that’s just scratching the surface. Read more to catch up with our legal team’s work and get a sneak peak at what’s to come in 2023.
Redistricting is About Communities, Not Politicians
Every ten years the General Assembly is tasked with determining the boundaries of districts. The idea is that as population shifts, so, too, should the representative districts. The core of this process, though, is ensuring that each community of interest has a voice in the General Assembly.
