Lawrence E. Mitchell Jr.

Email: pubmsg3@admlemja

PROFESSIONAL LICENSE

Journalist, National Writers Union.
Private Investigator, Commonwealth of Virginia.

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United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section, Washington, DC
Equal Opportunity Specialist (Investigator), August 2000 to November 2011 (Retired).

United States Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington D.C., Superior Court Division, Community Prosecution/Major Crimes Section; Community Outreach Specialist (Legal), November 1999 to August 2000.

United States Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office, Superior Court Division, Homicide Section, Washington, DC, Paralegal Specialist, July 1998 – November 1999.

United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Office of Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Paralegal Specialist, July 1989 – July 1998.

University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law, Washington, DC
Paralegal/Teaching Assistant, April 1988 – July 1989.

CACI Inc., Litigation Support Department, Arlington, Virginia
Senior Paralegal, October 1985 – April 1988.

UNITED NATIONS PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS TRAINING

Certificate of Training in United Nations Peace Support Operations (COTIPSO) from the Peace Operations Training Institute in Virginia, USA. The thesis focused on Community-Based Strategies for Peace and Security (CBSPS). Completed in 2008.

Police training course before deployment, organized by the African Union and United Nations in Darfur, held at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra, Ghana, in 2011.

The 6th International Conference on Lessons Learned in Stockholm, Sweden.

Military Academy Karlberg, part of the Swedish Armed Forces, and the Folke Bernadotte Academy, established in 2009.

International Police Development Course (IPDC) offered by The Life Guards at the Swedish Armed Forces International Centre (SWEDINT) in 2008.

International Civilian Peacekeeping and Peace-building Training Program (IPT), offered by the Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), 2006.

Nonprofit Leadership Program, Center for Executive and Professional Education, University for Peace, Costa Rica, 2007.

EDUCATION

M.A. in Legal Studies, 1984; Certificate in International Trade Law, 1982; Antioch School of Law, Washington, D.C.

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Philosophy, 1975, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia.

PUBLIC SERVICE

Martinsville City Council
Martinsville School Board