Word: guinier
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...first public appearance at Harvard since her acceptance of a tenured professorship at Harvard Law School, Lani Guinier '71 talked about how to reconnect to the civil rights movement and create a new vision of social justice in a speech yesterday afternoon at the ARCO Forum...
...recruiting Guinier, Harvard Law School ignores scholars with opinions that extend beyond the radical spectrum. This is a great loss for Harvard and emphasizes our lack of true diversity...
...welcome the announcement last week that noted scholar Lani Guinier '71 accepted tenure from Harvard Law School (HLS) and hope her appointment will be followed by offers to others from a diversity of backgrounds...
...Guinier will become the first female African-American professor in the 181-year history of HLS. A former Clinton nominee and former NAACP lawyer and an expert on voting rights and civil-rights law, Guinier is a welcome addition to the HLS faculty. However, her appointment is the first in what continues to be a painfully slow process of bringing professors of minority ethnicities to the Harvard University faculty...
Speaking to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Guinier said, "Though I am the first woman of color to join the tenured faculty, I know that I will not be the last, and this is important to me". In the news release, Dean of the Law School Robert C. Clark said he felt Guinier's appointment would help "attract other top scholars of diverse backgrounds...