Shuford, Reginald
After graduating from New Hanover High School Shuford attend Cape Fear Academy on a scholarship where he was the first black graduate in 1984. He attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of North Carolina School of Law, where he earned his JD and was president of his law class.
Throughout his career, Shuford concentrated on social justice and civil rights. After graduation, he served as a clerk for Henry Frye, the first black chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Shuford served as a staff attorney for the ACLU’s racial justice program from 1995-2010. He represented the ACLU in Green v. TSA, a challenge to the No Fly List.
In 2011, Shuford was named executive director of the Pennsylvania ACLU. He was involved in a lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s bail system.
In 2016, Pennsylvania State University Law’s Black Law Students Association and Penn State’s Multicultural Undergraduate Law Association presented Shuford with the Living Legal Legend Award, which recognizes an individual who displays a strong commitment to fight for justice and diversity. In 2009-2010 Shuford was a Wasserstein Fellow at Harvard Law School
Accolades: Living Legend Award from Pennsylvania State University Law's Black Law Student Assoc. and Penn State's Multicultural Undergraduate Law Assoc. A Wasserstein fellow at Harvard Law School