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LGBTQ+ Commission

Dwayne J. Bensing

Biography

Dwayne J. Bensing (Wilmington, DE, he/him)  joined the ACLU of Delaware in 2020 and became Legal Director of ACLU-DE in 2022. Dwayne previously served for three years with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and two years with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Dwayne began his legal career at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP, in Washington, D.C.

Prior to attending law school, Dwayne was selected as a Truman Scholar in 2006 and taught middle-school Science and Social Studies in Philadelphia Public Schools as a Teach for America corps member. Dwayne is President of Delaware Stonewall PAC and Vice Chair of the Delaware Human and Civil Rights Commission.