Bro. Judge Darrell Outlaw

Bro. Judge Darrell Outlaw was an attorney of consequence for the State of Massachusetts. In 1961 he was appointed to the Probation Staff of the Suffolk Superior Court and created a drug and alcohol dependent probation program, the first of its kind. In 1980, he was appointed Chairman of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, and in 1981 an Associate Justice of the Dorchester District Court. Judge Outlaw was a trustee of the New England Law School for 25 years, and in 2007 was named its first African American President.

Bro. Judge Darrell Outlaw was born November 28, 1923, in Hyde Park, MA to Rev. Guy and Louberria Outlaw. He served in the United States Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946. He received his Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts Degrees in Education from Suffolk University. He began his teaching career with the Boston School Department and then served with the Massachusetts Division of Youth Services as a teacher of emotionally disturbed children. He also served as a Probation Officer in the Massachusetts Superior Court, Suffolk County.

Bro. Judge Outlaw received his Jurist Doctorate Degree from New England School of Law in 1961 and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1963. In 1962, Bro. Judge Outlaw served as the Secretary for Boston’s alumni chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, “Pi Beta Sigma.” Upon graduating from law school, he began his legal career as a trial attorney. In 1967 he was appointed as the City of Boston’s Assistant Corporate Counsel, and in 1979 he was appointed Chairman of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

Bro. Judge Outlaw would join the Massachusetts Judiciary in 1981. For 12 years, he was a Justice for the Massachusetts Trial Court, Dorchester Division. Judge Outlaw received many honors from a variety of service organizations for his legal assistance and help, such as Roxbury’s Project Commitment and Operation Exodus’ school program. Finally, he was past president of the Bay State Lawyers’ Association, which was the foregoing organization to the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association.