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From The Globe Political Desk

Oakland Deputy City Attorney Demetrius Shelton has been elected vice president of the National Bar Association, an organization that represents a network of more than 44,000 predominately African American attorneys, judges, legal scholars and law students worldwide.
   Shelton, a litigator in the City Attorney’s Office, takes over as VP after being elected at the organization’s 82nd annual convention in July. Shelton ran on a platform of diversifying the legal profession and the judiciary, expanding the membership of the National Bar Association and “dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline,” among other issues. He is the former president of the California Association of Black Lawyers and the former vice president of the governing board of the State Bar of California.
    “This election was well deserved,” said Oakland City Attorney John Russo. “I have no doubt that Demetrius Shelton will do an outstanding job as a leader of the National Bar Association. He has been a great representative for the city of Oakland, and I strongly support his efforts to bring more people of color to the legal profession.”
    The Oakland City Attorney’s Office continues to be one of the most diverse legal teams in the country, with a staff comprised of 78 percent women and 65 percent people of color.