Lani Guinier (pronounced /ˈlɑːni ɡwɪˈnɪər/, born April 19, 1950) is an American lawyer, scholar and civil rights activist. The first African-American woman tenured professor at Harvard Law School, Guinier's work includes professional responsibilities of public lawyers, the relationship between democracy and the law, the role of race and gender in the political process, equity in college admissions, and affirmative action.
Born in New York City, G...
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Lani Guinier (pronounced /ˈlɑːni ɡwɪˈnɪər/, born April 19, 1950) is an American lawyer, scholar and civil rights activist. The first African-American woman tenured professor at Harvard Law School, Guinier's work includes professional responsibilities of public lawyers, the relationship between democracy and the law, the role of race and gender in the political process, equity in college admissions, and affirmative action.
Born in New York City, Guinier is the daughter of a Jewish mother, Eugenia Paprin, and the Jamaican-born scholar Ewart Guinier, who also served as Harvard professor (and chair) of the Afro-American Studies Department in 1969. Guinier has said that she wanted to be a civil rights lawyer since she was twelve years old. After graduating from Radcliffe College and Yale Law School, she joined the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) as an assistant counsel. She left the LDF for four years to serve as special assistant to then Assistant Attorney General Drew S....
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