The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in White Plains recently awarded Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark and the Bronx District Attorney”™s Office with the 2022 Robert S. Tucker Prize for Prosecutorial Excellence at an award ceremony held at the law school.
“District Attorney Clark and the Office of the Bronx District Attorney embody the true meaning of public service and have dedicated their careers to pursuing a fair and just criminal justice system for all people of the Bronx, with an emphasis on criminal justice reform,” said Dean Horace E. Anderson Jr.
The award was presented by Robert S. Tucker, chairman and CEO of T&M, whose gift has endowed the annual prize.
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law has had a long history with Clark and the Bronx District Attorney”™s Office. It has honored her, she has participated in many events at the school, and throughout the years, dozens of Haub Law alumni have worked at the Bronx County District Attorney office, with 64 currently employed in every capacity from line assistant to chief of staff.
Clark became district attorney for Bronx County on Jan. 1, 2016. She is the first woman in that position and the first African American woman to be elected a district attorney in New York state.
She received her bachelor”™s degree in political science from Boston College, where she serves as a member of the Board of Trustees, and her law degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C.
