my CV
Education
Southern University Law Center
Juris Doctorate, May 1998
Northwestern State University
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, May 1992
Baton Rouge, LA
Natchitoches, LA
Employment Summary
Teaching Experience
Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, La.
Human Rights, Constitutional Law I, Constitutional
Law II, Civil Rights Litigation, Legal Writing & Analysis I, Legal Writing & Oral Advocacy II, Legal Writing Lab, Professional Responsibility, Legal Research, Law & Minorities, Criminal Procedure.
Dillard University Pre-Law Studies, New Orleans, La.
Subjects Taught: Foundations to Lead, Legal Methods.
Baton Rouge College, Baton Rouge, La.
Subjects Taught: Legal Research and Writing, Sales, Criminal Law, Contracts, Bankruptcy and Business Law.
2003-present
Professor
Adjunct Professor
Bar Prep Fellow
2021-present
Adjunct Instructor, 05/99-12/02
Legal Experience
First Circuit Court of Appeal, Baton Rouge, La.
Performed extensive manual and electronic research, as well as editorial functions. Read district court records and prepared advisory civil writ reports for emergency, expedited and routine matters. Participated in writ conferences with staff and appellate judges. Prepared draft opinions (published and unpublished) and per curiams. Created and maintained an internal database of inmate, civil filings. Prepared persuasive recommendations to aid judges in deciding cases. Prepared advisory appellate opinion memos.
Staff Attorney, 11/98-08/08
Judicial Law Clerk, 08/98-10/98
Other Professional Experience
Consulting Film Producer​​​​​​​
John Richie's "Iron Sharpens Iron"
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
Louis A. Berry Institute for Civil Rights & Justice, Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, La.
Established vision for Institute. Planned programs and research initiatives. Formed collaborations. Community outreach. Made regular media and
public presentations. Edited and contributed to monthly newsletter. Drafted press releases. Supervised staff.
Gulf Land & Seismic, Inc., Denham Springs, La.
Aided in the creation of various documents for inclusion in local media publications. Provided consulting services relative to development, advertising and implementation of oil and gas exploration project.
National Council of Negro Women, New Orleans, La.
Supervised program staff, client intake and evaluative reporting. Community outreach. Planned, directed and coordinated activities and projects. Established work plan and staffing for each phrase of projects. Formulated procedures for systematic retention, protection, retrieval, transfer, and disposal of records. Case maintenance.
Texas Department of Labor, Arlington, Tx.
Designed and coordinated employment and training program. Provided job search and retention skills and basic computer skills instruction. Notified relevant state agencies of client cooperation with program.
Case maintenance.
2023
Director, 01/19-09/20
Consultant, 11/06-06/07
Program Director, 12/94-08/95
Employment & Training
Facilitator, 03/93-10/94
Publications
Book Chapters
​Angela A. Allen-Bell, Incarcerating the Speech, Expressions & Messages of Black Women: An Overlooked Obstacle in the Campaign to Dismantle the Carceral State, Chapter in Black Women and the Carceral State: Tell Them We Are Not Monsters (Erin S. Corbett & Katherine Wheatle eds., Routledge Press) (forthcoming 2025)
Books
Angela A. Allen-Bell, The Summons: Advocacy Insights for Systemic and Transformative Change (2025).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Diversity in the Jury Box and Beyond: A Formula for Transforming Louisiana’s Legal System (2024).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Under Indictment: Race, Juries & Justice in Louisiana (2024).
Journals
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Taking Exception to Criminal Justice Reforms that Fail to Transform: Using Transitional Justice to End the Carceral State, 11 Penn. St. J.L. & Intl Aff. 1 (2023).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, A Primer on the “Bell Case Synthesis Method” & A Lesson On Adult Child’s Play, 2 Univ. of Bologna L. Rev. 1, 68 (2017).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Student Author, Comment, The Birth of The Crime: Driving While Black (DWB), 25 S.U.L. Rev. 195 (1997) reprinted in 44 S.U.L. Rev. 39 (2016).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, The Incongruous Intersection of the Black Panther Party and the Ku Klux Klan, 39 Seattle U. L. Rev. 1157 (2016).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, How The Narrative About Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Criminal Jury System Became A Person Of Interest In The Case Against Justice In The Deep South, 67 Mercer L. Rev. 585 (2016) (Lead Article).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, A Prescription for Healing a National Wound: Two Doses of Executive Direct Action Equals a Portion of Justice and a Serving of Redress for America & The Black Panther Party, 5 Univ. Miami Race & Soc. Justice L.Rev. 1 (2015) (Lead Article).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Activism Unshackled & Justice Unchained: A Call to Make a Human Right Out of One of the Most Calamitous Human Wrongs to Have Taken Place on American Soil, 7 J. of Law & Social Deviance 125 (2014).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Perception Profiling & Prolonged Solitary Confinement Viewed Through The Lens of The Angola 3 Case: When Prison Officials Become Judges, Judges Become Visually Challenged and Justice Becomes Legally Blind, 39 Hastings Const. L.Q. 763
(2012) (Lead Article).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Bridge Over Troubled Waters and Passageway on a Journey to Justice: National Lessons Learned About Justice From Louisiana’s Response to Hurricane Katrina, 46 Cal. W. L. Rev. 2 (2010) (Lead Article).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Student Author, Comment, The Birth of The Crime: Driving While Black (DWB), 25 S.U.L. Rev. 195 (Fall 1997).
Encyclopedia Entries
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Angola 3, in 64 Parishes Encyclopedia.
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Students United, in 64 Parishes Encyclopedia.
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Southern University, in 64 Parishes Encyclopedia.
Reports
Co-authored ABA Criminal Justice Section Resolution and Report as to the use of non-unanimous juries in Louisiana and Oregon (along with Marjorie Esman and Heather Johnson), Feb. 2018. Resolution passed by the ABA’s Criminal Justice Council, spring 2018.
Statements
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Reassessing Solitary Confinement II: The Human Rights, Fiscal, and Public Safety Consequences, Hearing Before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights, 113th Cong. (Feb. 25, 2014) (statement of Angela A. Allen-Bell).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Louisiana Justice Commission Hearing (Nov. 2, 2013) (statement of Angela A. Allen-Bell).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Reassessing Solitary Confinement: The Human Rights, Fiscal, and Public Safety Consequences, Hearing Before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights (June 19, 2012) (statement of Angela A. Allen- Bell).
News & Magazines
Angela A. Allen-Bell & Brittany Dunn, The 50th Anniversary of a Student Movement and the Deaths of Denver Smith and Leonard Brown is an Opportunity, Not Just an Occasion, Think 504 News, Nov. 11, 2022.
Angela A. Allen-Bell, When Voter Suppression Joined Jury Selection in Holy Matrimony, San Francisco Bay View, Aug. 19, 2021.
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Bankrupt Justice & Subprime Juries in Louisiana, Think 504 News, Aug. 1, 2021.
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Making the Case for Voting Yes on Amendment 2 (Non-Unanimous Jury Law) on November 6, Data News Weekly, Oct. 3, 2018.
Angela A. Allen-Bell, La’s Non-Unanimous Jury System: An Assault Upon the Sixth Amendment & An Attack Upon Justice, The Trial Lawyer, Summer 2018.
Angela A. Allen-Bell, La’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law: An Instrument of Legal, Political, Social Oppression, The Drum News, March 9, 2018.
Angela A. Allen-Bell, ‘Soledad Brother’ John Clutchette Granted Parole – Will California Gov. Jerry Brown Reverse the Decision? (Written Interview), Angola 3 News & San Francisco Bay View (01/19/18).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Why Stop at Confederate Monuments? Remove the Codification of Supremacy and Oppression by Abandoning the Use of Non-Unanimous Juries in Criminal Cases (ABA Section of Litigation, Diversity & Inclusion), Fall 2017.
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Statement About Today’s SCOTUS Decision on the Dale Lambert Case, Think504, Oct. 3, 2017.
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Non-Unanimous Juries Are Relics of White Supremacy, Wash. Post, Sept. 23, 2017, at 17.
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury System: A Legal Injustice for Many Criminal Defendants, Around the Bar, Sept. 2017, at 16.
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Plantations Were Prisons: Mobilizing for the Millions for Prisoners Human Rights March (Written Interview), Angola 3 News & Facing South (8/17/17).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Healing Our Wounds: Restorative Justice is Needed for Albert Woodfox, The Black Panther Party & The Nation (Written Interview), Angola 3 News & The Institute for Southern Studies (6/29/15).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Terrorism, COINTELPRO, and the Black Panther Party (Written Interview), Angola 3 News & OpEdNews (Sept. 7, 2014).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Nelson Mandela: A World-Class Sportsman and the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Civil and Human Rights League, in A TRIBUTE TO NELSON MANDELA (12/13).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Solitary Confinement on Trial (Written Interview), Angola 3 News & San Francisco Bay View Newspaper (6/18/12).
Expert Reviewer
Herman’s House-Study Guide Expert for PBS Online Materials (June 2013).
Poetry
Angela A. Allen-Bell, Reflections, 59 (Poem: Election Day 2008) (Winter 2009).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, EGO Magazine 8,13 (Poems: Attempted Murder & A Judge, but not the Judge) (Fall 2007).
Angela A. Allen-Bell, 206 Around B. Cover, 17-8 (Poem: Oretha Castle Haley) (April 2006).
Presentations
Presenter, Dillard University Center for Racial Justice and Pre-Law Program’s Storytelling for Change: CRJ Author Series, N.O., Louisiana (“Race, Juries & Justice in Louisiana”), Feb. 17, 2025.
Presenter, SWBLSA’s 9th Annual Regional Convention, Dallas, Texas (“Staying Above Water: The Role of the Black Lawyer in the Fight for Freedom”), Jan. 25, 2025.
Presenter, Zeta Phi Beta 2024 Louisiana State Workshop, (“Implementing Social Justice Programs & Engaging in Advocacy”), Hammond, Louisiana, Nov. 16, 2024.
Presenter, The Red Shoes, (“From Awareness to Action” 3 Part Series), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Oct.-Nov., 2024.
Presenter, SWBLSA’s Annual Academic Leadership Retreat, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (“Exploring Legal Specializations”), Oct. 5, 2024.
Panelist, APPEAL UK (“Doubt Dismissed: Race, Juries and Wrongful Conviction”), City Law School, London, May 8, 2024.
Presenter, EBR Virtual Academy Career Week, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (“Becoming & Being a Lawyer”), Dec. 18, 2024.
Presenter, Orleans Public Defenders, N.O., Louisiana (“Race, Juries & Justice in Louisiana”), Sept. 27, 2024.
Presenter, 5th National Black Catholic Women’s Gathering, Louisville, Kentucky (“Thirsting for Justice in an Unjust World”), July 27, 2024.
Presenter, LSBA High School Summer Legal Institute and Intern Program, N.O., Louisiana (“Transitional Justice & Constituinal Law”), June 13, 2024.
Presenter, LSBA Annual Meeting, Destin, Florida (“When Drama is Really Trama?”), June 3, 2024.
Presenter, Black Heritage Room Lecture, Scotlandville Branch Library, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (“Incarcerating the Speech, Expressions & Messages of Black Women: An Overlooked Obstacle in the Campaign to Dismantle the Carceral State”), March 3, 2024.
Presenter, New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana (“Dispelling the Myth of Black Pantherism”), Oct. 28, 2023.
Presenter, The Ashe Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (“Dispelling the Myth of Black Pantherism” Keynote), Oct. 21, 2023.
Presenter, 3rd World Conference on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education, Paris, France (“Taking Exception to Criminal Justice Reforms that Fail to Transform: Using Transitional Justice to End the Carceral State”), Oct. 17, 2023.
Presenter, 81st NAACP Louisiana State Convention & Leadership Conference, Marksville, Louisiana (“Refuse To Be Silenced, Vote!” Keynote), Sept. 29, 2023.
Panelist, Algiers Regional Library, New Orleans, Louisiana (“Iron Sharpens Iron” Film Panel), Sept. 23, 2023.
Presenter, Aging People in Prison Human Rights Campaign Black August Lunch & Learn Series (“Taking Exception to Criminal Justice Reforms that Fail to Transform: Using Transitional Justice to End the Carceral State”), Aug. 23, 2023.
Panelist, First Grace Methodist Church, New Orleans, Louisiana (“Iron Sharpens Iron” Film Panel), April 21, 2023. Presenter, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Mu Omega Zeta Chapter (“A New Dimension of Protest: Black Juror Participation”), April 18, 2023.
Panelist, Law & Racism Class/Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (“What About the Knee on Her Neck?”), March 25, 2023.
Presenter, Louisiana State Penitentiary (“Students United & the 1972 Student Movement: Lessons in Trauma, Reconciliation & Resilience”), Feb. 24, 2023.
Presenter, IBM Consulting/Black Business Resource Group (“The 1972 Student Movement: An Act of Resistance”) Feb. 1, 2023.
Panelist, Culture of Health Leadership Institute for Racial Healing (“Law As a Form of Violence”), January 11, 2023.
Presenter, Law & Racism Class/Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (“Cold Case Investigation: Episode 50”), Nov. 16, 2022.
Panelist, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank’s Black Legal Forum (“The Historical and Social Importance of the Recent Homer Plessy Pardon ”), June 15, 2022.
Panelist, The Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum Foundation’s In Pursuit of Equal Justice Seminar (“The Legacy of Jim Crow in Louisiana: Non-Unanimous Juries”), March 24, 2022.
Presenter, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards Issues a Posthumous Pardon to Homer Plessy, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 5, 2022.
Panelist, The Louisiana NAACP, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (“A New Form of Black Protest: Making Jury Duty Jury Service”), Nov. 12, 2021.
Panelist, Law & Racism Class /Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (“Black Jurors: Missing In Action or Missing By Practice?” CLE), August 20, 2021.
Host, Center for African and African American Studies at Southern University at New Orleans (“Driving While Black: Race, Space & Mobility in America”), July 15, 2021.
Panelist, 2021 Universities Studying Slavery Conference (Contemporary Legacies of Slavery: The Justice System), April 16, 2021.
Panelist, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (“Philly D.A.” Documentary Discussion), April 12, 2021.
Facilitator, West Baton Rouge Parish Library (“Who Get’s to Vote?” One Person, No Vote Discussion), March 24, 2021.
Panelist, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (“Coded Bias” Documentary Discussion), March 15, 2021.
Facilitator, West Baton Rouge Parish Library (“Who Get’s to Vote?” Bending Towards Justice Discussion), March 10, 2021.
Presenter, SULC BLSA Chapter (“The Louisiana Black Panther Party on Trial”), Feb. 26, 2021.
Facilitator, West Baton Rouge Parish Library (“Who Get’s to Vote?” Vanguard Discussion), Feb. 24, 2021.
Presenter, Center for African and African American Studies at Southern University at New Orleans (“I Can’t Breathe: A Discussion About Race, Racism, and Lasting Change in Louisiana”), Oct. 23, 2020.
Presenter, Roundtable Talk Hosted by Dawn Chanet Collins, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (“Standing Straight in a Crooked Room as a Black Female”), Sept. 30, 2020.
Presenter, Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana (“Race, Racism, Anti-Racism, and the Constitution: A Look at the Past, Present, and Future), Sept. 17, 2020.
Presenter, Roots Camp 2020, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (“Intersection of the Black Panther Party and the Klu Klux Klan & the Continuing Call for Redress & Restorative Justice”), March 6, 2020.
Keynote, Lifers and Alumni Association Civil Rights & Criminal Justice Reform Seminar at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, (“Criminal Justice Reform & Civil Rights for the Captains & Masters of EHCC”), Feb. 28, 2020.
Keynote, Center for African and African American Studies at Southern University at New Orleans, (“When Law & Injustice Become Bedfellows: Justice Becomes the Business of the People”), Feb. 03, 2020.
Keynote, Distinguished Gentlemen of Toastmasters 11th Annual Youth Forum at Dixon Correctional Institute, (“Hit the Reset Button” of EHCC”), Sept. 19, 2019.
Keynote, Louis A. Martinet Legal Society Southwest Louisiana CLE & Gala, Lake Charles, Louisiana (“Did Jim Crow Die in November 2018?”), Aug. 2, 2019.
Keynote, 9th Annual National Civil Rights Conference, Birmingham, Alabama (“Rise, Advocate, Educate & Cooperate: Political Participation & Silver Rights), June 17, 2019.
Presenter, Access to Justice Internship Program, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (the Louis A. Berry Institute for Civil Rights & Justice), May 14, 2019.
Presenter, SULC Diversity Week, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (“When Bells & Berries Mix, A Unique Brand of Justice Results”), April 1, 2019.
Presenter, Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (“The History and Achievements of African Americans”), Feb. 20, 2019.
Presenter, The Red Shoes, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (“The Role of the People in Justice Battles: An Overlooked Aspect of Civil Rights Litigation”), Feb. 17, 2019.
Presenter, Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law CLE), Oct. 30, 2018.
Presenter, St. Tammany Parish Indivisible Chapter Meeting, Abita Springs, Louisiana (Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law), Oct. 18, 2018.
Presenter, Southeastern University, Hammond, Louisiana (Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law), Oct. 10, 2018.
Presenter, St. Helena College & Career Academy, Greensburg, Louisiana (Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law), Sept. 18, 2018.
Panelist, Criminal Justice Research and Reform Working Group Meeting, Washington, DC (summary of forthcoming book), Aug. 28, 2018.
Presenter, St. Tammany Parish Democratic Party Precinct Organizing Committee Meeting, Mandeville, Louisiana (Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law), Aug. 25, 2018.
Presenter, Minority Law & Research Institute (Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law), June 26, 2018.
Presenter, Access to Justice Internship Program, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Advocacy & Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law), June 4, 2018.
Presenter, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana (Advocacy & Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law), June 2, 2018.
Presenter, Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law), April 2018.
Presenter, SCALS Faculty Exchange−Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Memphis, Tennessee (forthcoming book chapter on the Louisiana Black Panther Party), March 30, 2018.
Panelist, Greater New Orleans Martinet Chapter CLE (Non-Unanimous Juries in Criminal Cases: An Examination of the Racists Roots and Shameful Fruit), December 2017.
Panelist, GEO Reentry Services, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Embracing Freedom), November 2017.
Presenter, Compassion in Action, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law), September 2017.
Presenter, Compassion in Action, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Restorative Justice for Civil Rights Era Activists), August 2017.
Panelist, Tulane Law School, ACLU chapter forum (Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law), April 2017.
Panelist, National Lawyers Guild Southern Regional Convention (Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law), March 2017.
Presenter, SULC BLSA Training, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law), Feb. 15, 2017.
Presenter, West Baton Rouge Parish Museum (Why Restorative Justice is the Tool we Must Use if We are to Fulfill M.L.K.’s Legacy & Complete His Agenda), Jan. 2017.
Panelist, New Orleans Bar Association’s Procrastinator’s CLE (Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law), Dec. 2016.
Panelist, Southern University Law Center & Louisiana ACLU (Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law), Oct. 2016.
Panelist, SEALS Annual Conference (New Scholars Workshop/Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure & Immigration), Aug. 2016.
Presenter, Freedom & Liberation Conference (Christians Participating in Criminal Justice Reform? That’s Radical!), June 2016.
Panelist, Southern University Law Center Criminal Law Society (Mass Incarceration: Recycling Slavery), March 2016.
Panelist, Seattle University School of Law Law Review Symposium (Poverty Law: Academic Activism), Feb. 2016.
Panelist, Mercer Law Review Symposium (Justice in the Deep South: Learning from History, Charting our Future), Oct. 2015.
Presenter, 2015 Fall Judges Conference (Post-Katrina: Justice Moving Forward?), Oct. 2015.
Presenter, West Baton Rouge Museum (Slavery By Another Name), Sept. 2015.
Presenter, Second Saturday Brunch, Hammond, La. (Angola 3 & Solitary Confinement), June 2015.
Presenter, Minority Law & Research Institute (Restorative Justice), June 2015.
Presenter, SULC Faculty Colloquium (Restorative Redress & The Black Panther Party), March 2015.
Panelist, Louisiana State Bar Association 2015 Diversity Conclave (The Criminal Justice System), March 2015.
Presenter, Unitarian Church, Hammond, La. (Race, Criminal Justice Reform & Solitary Confinement), Feb. 2015.
Presenter, Mock Law School Class During Recruitment Visit (Introduction to Law), March 2014.
Presenter, Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) (Legal Analysis), Feb. 2014.
Panelist, SESW People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference (Pedagogy + Practical Application−Teaching and Training Students to be Social Engineers), Feb. 2014.
Presenter, Louisiana Justice Commission (Solitary Confinement), Nov. 2013.
Presenter, SULC Incoming 1L Class Academic Enrichment Workshop (Writing the Law School Exam), Aug. 2013.
Panelist, SEALS Annual Conference (Vulnerability & The Criminal Justice System), July 2013.
Presenter, Minority Law & Research Institute (Post Conviction Relief), June 2013.
Presenter, SULC Discover Law Day (Introduction to Law), March 2013.
Presenter, Belaire High School (Advocacy & Legislation), Sept. 2012.
Presenter, Minority Law & Research Institute (The Federal Process & The Angola 3 Case), June 2012.
Presenter, Amnesty International-Louisiana State Meeting (Prolonged Solitary Confinement), April 2012.
Presenter, Baton Rouge Bar Association, CLE Lecturer (Cultural Competency), Feb. 2012.
Presenter, SULC 1L Town Hall Meeting (Having a Sense of Purpose), Jan. 2012.
Panelist, SULC Civil Rights Commemoration (Strategies to Obtain Civil/Equal/Human Rights), Nov. 2011.
Presenter, Junior Faculty Forum, Tulane University Law School, Nov. 2011.
Presenter, The Dufrocq School, Constitution Day Speaker, Sept. 2011.
Presenter, Southern University, Department of Criminal Justice (Rights of Crime Victims), Sept. 2011.
Presenter, Southern University, Department of Criminal Justice (Introduction to Law), Feb. 2011.
Presenter, SULC Law Week (Living the Dash and Doing so on a Balanced Budget), March 2010.
Presenter, Southern University, Department of Education (Rights of School Students), April 2009.
Presenter, Louisiana District Attorney’s Association, CLE Lecturer (Professionalism), Sept. 2008.
Presenter, Covington Bar Association, CLE Lecturer (Persuasive Appellate Briefs), Sept. 2007.
Presenter, Louisiana Appellate Project, CLE Lecturer (Courting Appellate Judges With Your Briefs), June 2007.
Panelist, Louisiana State Bar Association, professionalism speaker (SULC Orientation), 2000-3.
Panelist, SULC (Challenging the Myth of Racial & Gender Equality), Feb. 2001.
Presenter, Baton Rouge Bar Association, CLE Lecturer (Supervisory Review of the Denial of a Motion for Summary Judgment), Dec. 2000.
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Podcast Interview
​​Race, Justice and Angela A. Allen-Bell’s 3-Book Series
​​Taye Uhuru Speaks
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SULC A Civil Rights Dream Come True Documentary Interview
​​Documentary Produced by Louisiana Public Broadcasting
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​US. v. Cruikshank Lecture Filmed for Inclusion in The Colfax Massacre Documentary
​​Documentary Produced by Riverside Films ​& Louisiana Public Broadcasting
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​The Colfax Massacre Documentary Interview
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​The Front Porch Talk Show/WBOK Radio
​​Dispelling the Myth of Black Pantherism
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​The Ancestral Rock
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Internet Channel Interview
“Tribute to the Life & Legacy of Albert Woodfox”
Activist News Network
Television Interview
“Descendants of Landmark Segregation Case Unite”
CBS Mornings
Radio Interview (Race & Criminal Justice in Louisiana)
The Open Line Radio Show-KIEE 88.3FM
Lafayette, Louisiana
Radio Interview (Jury Diversity)
WBOK Radio
New Orleans, Louisiana
SU System Founders’ Day Convocation Video
Southern University A&M College
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Documentary Interview (Louisiana’s Criminal Justice System)
The American Audit
By Donney Rose
Television Interview (About the Louis A. Berry Institute for Civil Rights & Justice &
“Disrupting the Injustice Narrative” Program)
Channel WBRZ
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Museum Exhibit Video Interviews (Cuttin’ Cane A’int All We Do Exhibit)
Featured in: “Legally Free” & “The Motivation of Law”
West Baton Rouge Museum
Port Allen, Louisiana
Radio Interview (The Legacy of The Louisiana Black Panther Party)
Max 94.1 Tonja Miles and The Tailgate Show
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Radio Interview (The State of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana)
Max 94.1 Tonja Miles and The Tailgate Show
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Radio Interview (The Legacy of Non-Unanimous Juries)
Max 94.1 Tonja Miles and The Tailgate Show
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Radio Interview (About the Louis A. Berry Institute for Civil Rights & Justice)
Guess Who’s Coming to Kansas City−KKFI
Kansas City, Missouri
Podcast (Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law, Part 3)
SULC Conscious Counsel
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Radio Interview (Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law & Amendment 2)
A Pause for Thought−WHYR969
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Radio Interview (Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law, Angola 3 & Criminal Justice Reform)
Louisiana All American Sports−WHYR969
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Podcast (Only Ten Are Needed)
The Blindsided Podcast, Episode 8
By vortersmatter.org
Documentary Interview (Louisiana’s Criminal Justice System)
The Day After: The Alton Sterling Story
By Keith A. Beauchamp & Dr. Rani Whitfield
Radio Interview (Understanding Hate in 2017)
Another View-whro 89.5 WHRV-FM
Norfolk, Virginia
Radio Interview (Opening of SULC Lecture Series)
Perspective Talk Radio-WTQT 106.1
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Radio Interview (Criminal Justice in Louisiana)
Real Talk Radio-KJCB 770 AM
Lafayette, Louisiana
Interviewed for Written Story About Solitary Confinement & The Angola 3 Case
Richard Hetu, La Presse (France)
Interviewed for Written Story About Solitary Confinement
Philippe Boulet-gercourt, Le Nouvel Observateur (France)
Interviewed for Written Series About Solitary Confinement & The Angola 3 Case
Emily Lane, NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune
Radio Interview (Angola 3 Case Update)
Real Talk Radio-KJCB 770 AM
Lafayette, Louisiana
Television Interview (Angola 3 Case Update)
News Nation with Tamron Hall
MSNBC
Television Interview (Angola 3 Case Update)
NBC Nightly News
Radio Interview (Angola 3 Case Update)
National Public Radio
All Things Considered, Audie Cornish
Radio Interview (Angola 3 Case Update)
WBOK (Chuck Perkins Show)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Television Interview (Angola 3 Case Update)
Sky News (London Broadcast)
Interviewed for Written Story About The Angola 3 Case
Kevin McGill, Associated Press
Television Interview (Restorative Justice, The Black Panther Party & The Angola 3 Case)
Channel FPTV 17, The Patricia Morris Show
Hammond, Louisiana
Television Interview (Restorative Justice)
WSTY TV, The Ed Ponds Show
Hammond, Louisiana
Television Interview (Solitary Confinement & The Angola 3 Case)
Freedom Is A Constant Struggle
San Francisco, California
Radio Interview (The Second Congressional Hearing on Solitary Confinement)
Wanda’s Picks
Oakland, California
Radio Interview (Solitary Confinement & The Angola 3 Case)
Perspective Talk Radio
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Radio Interview (Solitary Confinement & The Angola 3 Case)
Real Talk Radio-KJCB 770 AM
Lafayette, Louisiana
Radio Interview (Criminal Justice Reform)
Real Talk Radio-KJCB 770 AM
Lafayette, Louisiana
Radio Interview (Prolonged Solitary Confinement & The Angola 3 Case)
The Carl Nelson Show
Washington, D.C.
Jim Engster Show (Prosecutorial Misconduct & Accountability)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Radio Interview (Prolonged Solitary Confinement)
Wanda’s Picks
Oakland, California
KBOOM Community Radio (Prolonged Solitary Confinement)
Portland, Oregon
Guy Broady Show (Prolonged Solitary Confinement)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Africa Today-KPFA Radio (Prolonged Solitary Confinement)
Berkeley, California
Jim Engster Show (Prolonged Solitary Confinement)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Amnesty International-Angola 3 Coalition Press Conference
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Print Media
Featured in: Angela A. Allen-Bell An Activist Scholar, A Legal Expert, Transitional Justice Advocate and Change Agent, CIO Views, June 2024.
Quoted in: Charles Thomson, Andrew Malkinson Calls for End to Majority Verdict Law, Local London, May 9, 2024.
Quoted in: Naima Sakande & Nisha Waller, Doubt Dismissed Rac, Juries and Wrongful Conviction, APPEAL, May 2024.
Quoted in: C.C. Campbell-Rock, The New Orleans Chapter of the Black Panthers, Their Attorney Recently Honored by BSLA of Southern University, The Louisiana Weekly, March 7, 2024.
Quoted in: Amy Nathan, Together: An Inspiring Response to the ‘Separare-But-Equal’ Supreme Court Decision That Divided America 151 (2d ed. 2023).
Quoted in: Ivan Moreno, Louisiana Has a Brady Crisis. Can The Supreme Court Fix It?, Law 360, Jan. 3, 2023.
Quoted in: New Laws Protecting Sexual Assault Survivors Don’t Bring Justice for All, Capital B, Dec. 7, 2022.
Quoted in: Claire Sullivan, Brittany Dunn, Shelly Kleinpeter & Allison Alsop, Pain, Lessons Remain Decades After Southern University Shooting, WWNO, Nov. 14, 2022.
Mentioned in: Is Our Jury System a Vestige of White Supremacy? Appeal, Oct. 31, 2022.
Quoted in: District Attorney Williams and United States Congressman Troy Carter Announce $2.3M In Federal DOJ Grants Awarded to District Attorney’s Office to Increase Safety, OPDA Press Release, Feb. 15, 2022.
Quoted in: A Pardon for Homer Plessy the Long Arc of “Pernicious” Jurisprudence, Perspectives on History, Jan. 25, 2022.
Quoted in: Homer Plessy Has Been Pardoned for Arrest That Led to 'Separate but Equal' Ruling, NPR, Jan. 5, 2022.
Quoted in: With a Pardon, Homer Plessy’s Record Is Clear, but a Painful Legacy Endures, New York Times, Jan. 5, 2022.
Mentioned in: Angela A. Allen-Bell, Non-Unanimous Juries, in 64 Parishes Encyclopedia.
Quoted in: The 141 Years at Southern University: Celebrating the Annual Founders’ Day, Southern Digest, March 16, 2021.
Quoted in: As Supreme Court Reconsiders Jim Crow-Era Split Juries, Past Cases Could Earn New Trials, NBC News, Dec. 5, 2020.
Mentioned in: Mother Pistol-Whipped Before ’64 'Mississippi Burning' Church Fire, The Neshoba Democrat, June 18, 2019.
Mentioned in: Women of Color Attorneys Burning Down Walls of Corruption & Injustice, Think504, May 5, 2019.
Featured in: On the Front Lines for Restorative Justice, The Louisiana Weekly, April 15, 2019.
Quoted in: 'Living legend' Malik Rahim Honored for Decades as Civil Rights Activist in New Orleans, The Advocate, Jan. 21, 2019.
Quoted in: Malik Rahim To Be Honored with Living Legend Award, The Louisiana Weekly, Jan. 7, 2019.
Quoted in: System of White Supremacy Blocked Anti-Lynching Law for 100 yrs, Russia Today TV, Dec, 26, 2018.
Mentioned in: Gerard Robinson, The First Step Act, Medium, Dec. 14, 2018.
Quoted in: John Schuppe, Voters Kill Remnants of Jim Crow in Florida & Louisiana, NBC News, Nov. 7, 2018.
Mentioned in: Ashley N. Baker, ABA Policy in Action: Louisiana Voters to Require Unanimous Juries in Felony Cases, ABA Before the Bar Blog, Nov. 07, 2018.
Quoted in: Tisia Muzinga, Southern University Law Center Hosts Voter Rally, Fox 44, Oct. 30, 2018.
Quoted in: Should Jury Convictions be Unanimous? And Other Questions Head to Louisiana Voters Nov. 6, The Drum, Sept. 3, 2018.
Quoted in: Dan Copp, The Jury’s Out On Split Verdicts, Houma Today, Aug. 20, 2018.
Quoted in: Robert McKnight, Breaking the Chains: Non-Unanimous Jury Opinion, Greater New Orleans Martinet Legal Society News, July 16, 2018.
Quoted in: Edwin Crayton, Would Unanimous Juries Amendment Reduce Racism In Jury Systems Locally And Statewide?, Natchitoches Parish Journal, June 13, 2018.
Featured in: Interview with Professor Angela Bell, Legal Narratives Blog, May 2018.
Quoted in: John Sammon, Law Scholar Says Measure Requiring Unanimous Jury Vote for Felony Convictions in Louisiana Is Needed, Louisiana Record, May 1, 2018.
Quoted in: Anthony Izaguirre, Louisiana Takes Aim at Jim Crow-Era Jury Law, Associated Press, April 15, 2018.
Quoted in: John Simerman & Gordon Russell, In Louisiana’s Split Verdict Rule, White Supremacist Roots Maintain Links to Racists Past, The Advocate, April 7, 2018.
Featured in: William Fox, A Soledad Brother: How a Group of Students Hundreds of Miles from California Took on the Cause of an Aging Prisoner, Voices of Monterey Bay, March 21, 2018.
Quoted in: Larry Sharp, 10-2 Unfair Advantage, The Angolite, Nov./Dec. 2017.
Mentioned in: Edith Roberts, Monday Round-up, SCOTUSblog (Sept. 25, 2017), http://www.scotusblog.com/2017/09/monday-round-up-365/.
Quoted in: Andrew Cohen, A Vestige of Bigotry: The Supreme Court and Non-Unanimous Juries, The Marshall Project, September 25, 2017.
Quoted in: Ken Daley, Should Juries Be Unanimous? Treme Murder Case Raises Question for U.S. Supreme Court, The Times-Picayune, September 13, 2017.
Quoted in: Katti Gray, The Last Vestige of ‘Jim Crow’ Justice, The Crime Report, May 22, 2017.
Quoted in: William Snowden, Time to Toss Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts, a Vestige of Jim Crow, The Lens, February 9, 2017.
Quoted in: Rachel Aviv, How Albert Woodfox Survived Solitary Confinement, The New Yorker, January 16, 2017.
Quoted in: Karen Kidd, Southern University Endowed Professors Share Secrets to Legal Academia Work, Louisiana Record, July 10, 2016.
Quoted in: Julia Craven, Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Movement Recalls COINTELPRO, Huffington Post, Aug. 19, 2015.
Quoted in: Albert Woodfox Spent More Than 40 Years in Solitude: What’s the Physical and Mental Impact?, The Times-Picayune, June 22, 2015
Research & Teaching Interests
Social Justice, Transitional Justice, Restorative Justice, Civil Rights, Poverty Law, Professional Responsibility, Critical Race Theory, Human Rights, Protest Law, Prison Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Race and Law, Mass Incarceration and the interplay between race and justice.
Awards & Recognitions
Selected as the Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) at Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO’s 2025 Living Legend Award recipient).
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Selected, through a national search, as a member of the first cohort of the Culture of Health Leadership Institute for Racial Healing (May 2022).
Selected for membership in the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, an invitation only organization for only 1% of lawyers in a region (2016-present).
Selected for membership in the National Black Lawyers-Top 100, an invitation only organization (Selected in 2015 and renewed annually).
Recognized as a Louisiana Leading Lady (Leaders Publications, 2022).
Recognized in 64 Parishes Encylopedia entry on “Non-Unanimous Juries” as a central player in the historic effort to end the practice in Louisiana (2021).
Named by the Drum Newspaper as one of its “People for 2021.” Profiled by Promise of Justice Initiative for Women’s History Month, 2021.
Profiled for Black History Month by the Girl Scouts Louisiana East, 2021
Urban League of Louisiana, 2019 Unanimous Jury Coalition Gala Honoree.
2019 Civil Rights & Social Justice Award, National Civil Rights Planning Committee.
HR 248 Commends Angela A. Allen-Bell for her achievements as a legal scholar, May 2019.
2019 Women of Distinction Award, Girl Scouts Louisiana East.
SULC Excellence in Research & Public Interest Service Award, October 2018.
Recognized by the Innocence Project N.O. for scholarly contribution and advocacy relative to change in Louisiana’s non-unanimous jury law, June 1, 2018.
Awarded the B. K. Agnihotri Endowed Professorship, March 2016.
Scholarship included in American Law Reports (A.L.R.) as a reference source under solitary confinement.
Scholarship included in American Jurisprudence as a reference source under cruel and unusual punishment.
Service
Louisiana Capital Assistance Center Board of Directors (President) (2016-present)
The Plessy and Ferguson Foundation (Member) (2023-present)
Professional Memberships
American Bar Fellows (Invitation Only) (2016-present)
National Black Lawyers-Top 100 (Invitation Only) (2015-present)
American Bar Association (2008-present)
Baton Rouge Bar Association (2007-present)
Louisiana State Bar Association (1998-present)