Newark, NJ – Professor Mark C. Alexander, of Seton Hall University School of Law, recently was presented with the Aletha R. Wright Volunteer Leadership Award from Leadership New Jersey for outstanding civic and political service.

Alexander currently is serving as New Jersey Campaign Director and as a policy advisor for Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. Last year, he served as general counsel for Cory Booker and the Booker Team in the Newark mayoral campaign, and continued to serve in that capacity as Mayor Booker assumed his office. He also previously served as issues director for Bill Bradley in his 2000 presidential bid, and as issues director for Senator Edward Kennedy’s reelection in 1998.

He was presented with the Aletha R. Wright Volunteer Leadership Award at the Leadership New Jersey “Celebration of Leadership” banquet December 6, 2007 at The Heldrich in New Brunswick.

“I’m pleased to have been honored by Leadership New Jersey for my work with volunteer organizations,” said Alexander. “It has been my privilege to be able to work with organizations that harvest the energy of so many volunteers in the service of the greater good.”

Alexander clerked for Chief Judge Thelton Henderson of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and was a litigator with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in San Francisco before joining the Seton Hall Law School faculty in 1996. He currently is on leave from his position at Seton Hall Law.

Professor Alexander writes and teaches in the areas of Constitutional law, law and politics, the First Amendment, and criminal procedure. His scholarship focuses on the intersection of law, politics, and government, and on free speech issues.

Leadership New Jersey seeks out men and women with successful professional lives and challenges them to take on wider responsibilities to make New Jersey a better place in which to live and work by taking part in a year-long seminar program. Graduates of the program are encouraged to remain active through the Leadership New Jersey graduate network, taking part in projects and activities that reflect the goals of the program. Alexander is a 2005 graduate of the program.

The Aletha R. Wright Volunteer Leadership Award recognizes outstanding leadership as a volunteer in service to religious organizations, scouting programs, community sports programs, political campaigns, and service organizations. The award is named for the late Aletha R. Wright in honor of her spirit of voluntary, civic leadership.

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The only private law school in New Jersey, Seton Hall University School of Law was founded in 1951, and is located in the city of Newark. Seton Hall Law School offers both day and evening programs leading to the Juris Doctor (J.D.), Master of Laws (LL.M.) and Master of Science in Jurisprudence (M.S.J.) degrees. For more information on Seton Hall Law School, visit law.shu.edu.