Lloyd-Bey, Abdul

First-time author Abdul Lloyd-Bey is an African American attorney, an adjunct professor of paralegal studies and criminal justice lecturer at CUNY. His is the proud father of two wonderful children. Prior to attending law school, he worked with thousands of New York City public school students, serving as both a director of Medgar Evers College's youth services program, which provides tutoring and college prep, and the director of the National Youth Sports Program.

But when Lloyd-Bey was seventeen, none of these achievements seemed remotely possible. Arrested for armed robbery, he would fir...