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In this role, he assists the Office in enforcing Federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in public education. Dwayne is active with the Office’s Early Complaint Resolution mediation team and the Secretary of the Department of Education’s LGBTQ and Allied Employees affinity group.  \nPrior to joining ED, Dwayne was a Trial Attorney with the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Educational Opportunities Section, focusing on the Section's desegregation docket as well as discrimination claims by transgender students. In this capacity, Dwayne worked on the trial teams for G. G. v. Gloucester County Public Schools (the “Gavin Grimm” case) and U.S. vs. North Carolina (the HB 2 Litigation, involving access to restrooms) . While at DOJ, Dwayne was the Outreach Co-Chair of the Civil Rights Division's LGBT Working Group and assisted in drafting the Dear Colleague Letter (the “Trans Guidance” regarding the treatment of Transgender Students in educational settings) .  \nPrior to joining DOJ, Dwayne was an associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP, in Washington D.C. While with Fried Frank, Dwayne’s work on two LGBT asylum matters along with his representation of a transgender client in the first federal court case directly addressing Title IX’s application to restrooms led him to be recognized by the LGBT Bar as oneof the “Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 .”  \nOriginally from Arkansas, Dwayne majored in Political Science and Communication at the University of Arkansas and was selected as a 2006 Truman Scholar, the nation’s top scholarship for promising students committed to public service. After graduating cum laude, he joined Teach for America and taught middle-school Science and Social Studies in inner-city  \nPhiladelphia. After TFA, Dwayne attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School where he interned with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and the Committee on House Administration in the U.S. House of Representatives. While at Penn, Dwayne co-founded the Penn Civil Rights Law Project, published a comment in, and was Symposium Editor for, the Journal of Constitutional Law, and was President of Penn's Lambda Law.  \nIn his free time, Dwayne volunteers at his neighborhood public elementary school and is active with the D.C. Education Coalition for Change, an organization aimed at ending the School-toPrison Pipeline. He has served on the boards ofthe Liberty City Democrats and the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, and is currently on the Mayor’s LGBTQ Advisory Committee. Dwayne lives in Washington, D.C., with his partner of twelve years, Christopher Howland (L’10) .","cbCaihXIjpqsd2Uy","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihXIjpqsd2Uy","pdf",37719,"English","# Young Alumni Award\n## Current role at the Department of Education\n## Prior work at the Department of Justice\n## Earlier legal experience and recognition\n## Education and public-service activities","[{\"question\":\"What is Dwayne Bensing’s current position and main focus?\",\"answer\":\"He is a Staff Attorney with the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, Metro Region, assisting enforcement of federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in public education.\"},{\"question\":\"Which earlier matters is Dwayne Bensing associated with?\",\"answer\":\"He worked on desegregation and discrimination claims involving transgender students, including trial teams for the Gavin Grimm case and the HB 2 litigation addressing access to restrooms.\"},{\"question\":\"How has Dwayne Bensing contributed outside his legal roles?\",\"answer\":\"He volunteers at a neighborhood public elementary school and is active with the D.C. 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