Mohamed S. Jalloh will be Grand Marshall at Sierra Leone’s 50th Independence Anniversary Parade in New Jersey
The Sierra Leonean Community of New Jersey is pleased to announce that Mr. Mohamed S. Jalloh, son of Mr. Ben Jalloh – a native of Kabala in the Northern region of Sierra Leone – has graciously consented to serve as Grand Marshall at Sierra Leone’s 50th Independence Anniversary Parade slated for Saturday, April 23, 2011. Mr. Jalloh made history by being the first African American with Sierra Leonean roots to hold the enviable position of Freeholder in Union County.
Freeholder Mohamed S. Jalloh is a partner at the law firm of JALLOH & JALLOH LLC, and lives in the Borough of Roselle. A Union County native, he attended the Newark Boys Choir School and Saint Elizabeth’s Middle School in Linden before graduating from Roselle Catholic High School.
Freeholder Jalloh earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Rhetoric and Communications with a minor in African-American Studies from Syracuse University. After Syracuse, he attended Rutgers University Law School in Newark and earned his Juris Doctor degree.
Always an active member of his community, Freeholder Jalloh served as the director of the Tenth Leadership Institute at Syracuse, was a Student Representative to the Syracuse University Quality Council, and was a founding member of the African American Male Congress Honors Society. At Rutgers, he became a member of the Student Bar Association, served as the student representative on the Curriculum Committee, and was a member of the Association of Black Law Students and the Association of Latin American Students.
Freeholder Jalloh has become a staunch advocate for education. He served as an undergraduate teaching assistant while at Syracuse and he conducted research about the world origins of rhetoric. His research later became a part of the Communications Department’s core curriculum. Now he continues this advocacy for education as an adjunct Professor at Kean University, where he teaches negotiation, debate, citizenship, public speaking and communications law. Additionally, he volunteers as a member of the Advisory Board for Saint Joseph the Carpenter Middle School in Roselle and he is a volunteer youth mentor in public speaking and drama for the NAACP ACT-SO program.
Freeholder Jalloh has worked for both the Northwest Jersey and Essex Newark Legal Services programs, where he had the privilege of representing low-income individuals in matters involving family law, consumer and housing laws, and domestic violence. He has also worked as an Assistant County Counsel for the County of Union dealing primarily with contracts, tort litigation and government regulations.
As a Union County Freeholder, Mohamed Jalloh continues his efforts to support educational opportunities and ensure the safety of Union County’s citizens. He believes in working to ensure efficiency in government while maintaining a level of service to the community that is second to none. Additionally, he is able to use his legal experience and insights to improve the economic climate and protect the quality of life for the residents and businesses of Union County.
Foday Mansaray
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