Sherrilyn Ifill

Sherrilyn Ifill is a law professor and President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.[1] She is the Legal Defense Fund's seventh President since Thurgood Marshall founded the organization in 1940.

Ifill had served as assistant counsel at the Legal Defense Fund, litigating Voting Rights Act cases including the landmark Houston Lawyers' Association v. Attorney General of Texas.[2] In 1993, she joined the faculty of the University of Maryland Law School where she taught for two decades.[3] She is the author of On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the 21st Century, a 2008 finalist for Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction.[4]

Ifill regularly appears in the media for her expertise on topics like affirmative action,[5][6] policing,[7] judicial nominees,[8] and the Supreme Court.[9]

Ifill attended Vassar College and New York University School of Law. Her cousin was PBS NewsHour anchor Gwen Ifill.

References

  1. ↑ Thompson, Krissah (22 January 2013). "Sherrilyn Ifill is to be head of NAACP legal defense and educational fund". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Okpalaoka, Ugonna (November 19, 2012). "Sherrilyn Ifill named head of NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund". The Grio. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Edney, Hazel Trice (November 26, 2012). "NAACP Legal Defense Fund Names Sherrilyn Ifill Next President Politic365 | Politic365". Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Arena: Sherrilyn Ifill Bio". Politico. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Hefling, Kimberly; Gerstein, Josh (June 23, 2016). "Supreme Court upholds college affirmative action program". Politico. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Brown, Emma; Douglas-Gabriel, Danielle (June 23, 2016). "Affirmative action advocates shocked — and thrilled — by Supreme Court's ruling in University of Texas case". Washington Post. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  7. ↑ Rubenstein, Samuel (21 November 2014). "BPR Interview: Sherrilyn Ifill". Brown Political Review. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Burke, Lauren Victoria (March 18, 2016). "Garland Nomination: Black Advocates Want Him Vetted". NBC News. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  9. ↑ Barnes, Robert (May 1, 2016). "Scalia's death affecting next term, too? Pace of accepted cases at Supreme Court slows.". Washington Post. Retrieved 15 July 2016.


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