Vida B. Johnson is an Associate Professor of law at Georgetown Law where she teaches in the criminal defense clinics. She writes about policing and criminal procedure. Before her work at Georgetown Law she worked at the Public Defender for the District of Columbia where she was a Supervising Attorney in the Trial Division. Prior to that she was an E. Barrett Prettyman Fellow at Georgetown Law. She received her law degree from NYU and her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
The inaugural Eradicate Hate Summit was a truly impressive gathering of leaders dedicated to finding lasting and effective solutions to violent extremism. I was particularly moved by the prominence given to survivors and family members of victims of hate and violence throughout the event. Their stories and those of so many others must be at the center of what we do and why we do it.
