EducationMississippi College — B.A. Political Science (1989)

Notable personal detailsJames Clifton (“Cliff”) Johnson II is a civil rights attorney and clinical professor of law at the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he directs the MacArthur Justice Center. He previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Mississippi and worked in private practice in Jackson, including as a founding partner at Pigott & Johnson, P.A. He earned a B.A. in Political Science from Mississippi College and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.