The Hon. James E. Graves Jr. L’80, G’81, Mississippi Supreme Court justice, will deliver the 2007 Commencement address to graduates of the Syracuse University College of Law on Sunday, May 20, at 1 p.m. in the Carrier Dome. Graves is a graduate of SU College of Law and holds a master’s degree in public administration from SU’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.      

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2007 Commencement - Commencement Address by The Honorable James E. Graves Jr., L'80, G'81.



JUSTICE URGES 800 MEN TO STAND BY THEIR KIDS...

... More than 800 men registered for the school district's first Dads of Destiny conference for fathers of Jackson school students.     

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JUDGE GRAVES GIVES ADVICE TO STUDENTS...

From his years of work in the criminal justice system, Mississippi Supreme Court Justice James E. Graves, Jr., boiled his advice to students at West Oktibbeha County High School in Maben to three items:

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Noted judge says education key in fighting crime

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8th Annual Keady Lecture Monday Evening at Mississippi College School of Law

The Mississippi College School of Law will co-host the
Mississippi Humanities Council’s Judge William C. Keady
Distinguished Lecture VIII Monday evening, Oct. 24, at the
MC School of Law Conference Center in Jackson, MS. The
2005 lecture, The Constitution and Judicial Independence,
will be presented by Mississippi Supreme Court Justice
James E. Graves Jr. Justice Graves was appointed to the
state Supreme Court by the governor in 2001 and then
was elected by the people in November 2004. The public is
welcome.



Judge Graves previously served as a Circuit Court Judge for 10 years.

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Justice Graves returned to Mississippi after law school and dedicated his ... been a teaching team member at Harvard Law School’s Trial Advocacy Workshops ...

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Justice James Graves Wins Dramatic Victory

November 17, 2004

Incumbent Mississippi Supreme Court Justice James Graves celebrated with a jubilant crowd Tuesday night at Hal & Mal's just after 9 p.m. when he was named the victor of his run-off election against Rankin County Circuit Judge Samac Richardson. Graves upset the conventional wisdom that it is difficult to turn out voters, especially African Americans, in a run-off election. The turn-out was light in parts of his central Mississippi district—including in conservative Rankin County—but the numbers coming in from Hinds County voters were very encouraging, his campaign staff said. Unofficial returns Tuesday night also showed Graves winning Madison County, among many of the other 22 counties. Graves received 56 percent of the vote and Richardson 43 percent in unofficial returns.

Techno-savvy Circuit Judge Creates Courtroom Web Site