AJ Dillione LAW ’23 is a Law & Public Policy Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law where he serves as Treasurer of the American Constitution Society.
Before law school, AJ served as Advisor to Attorney General Kathleen Jennings. AJ’s role at the Delaware Department of Justice (DDOJ) included serving as the primary political, policy, and public affairs advisor to the AG. As a member of the DDOJ policy team, he helped craft legislation to further the AG’s agenda and worked with members of the Delaware General Assembly to help pass eleven pieces of legislation that originated from with the DDOJ. He served as the AG’s designee on the Delaware Overdose Fatality Review Commission, which was charged with sending policy recommendations to the General Assembly to combat the opioid epidemic. AJ worked with state agencies and Delaware’s federal delegation to identify state-specific harms for inclusion in multistate litigation. AJ also prepared a joint grant application to secure funding to create a housing assistance program for individuals exiting the criminal justice system.
Prior to working for the DDOJ, AJ worked as the Campaign Manager for Kathleen Jennings 2018 campaign for Attorney General. This successful campaign received 61.3% of the vote in the general election, which was the second largest margin of victory or any non-incumbent Attorney General during the 2018 election cycle. Before managing the campaign, he worked for over two years in the Delaware General Assembly. AJ graduated from Dartmouth College in June 2015 with a B.A. in Sociology.
During the summer of 2021, AJ is serving with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia in the Sex Offense and Domestic Violence Section. His main policy interest is criminal justice reform, specifically sentencing guidelines, qualified immunity, and recidivism.