ImeIme Umana (born 1993) is a Nigerian-American lawyer who served as a law clerk for Robert L. Wilkins[1] and Sonia Sotomayor. She was the 131st president—and the first black female president—of the Harvard Law Review.[2][3]

Early years

Umana was born in State College to Nigerian immigrant parents originally from Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria.[4][5]

Education

She had her high school education at Susquehanna Township High School in Harrisburg. She then went to Harvard College in 2014, where she acquired a BA in Joint Concentration in African American Studies and Government.[3][4][6][7] She holds a degree in law from Harvard and a Master of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.[1][8]

Career

While obtaining her bachelor's degree, she served as president of Harvard's Institute of Politics and worked at the university's Hiphop Archive.[9] She interned at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, served as both the Community Action Chair of the Harvard University Institute of Politics and Professional Developmental Chair for Public Interest for the Harvard Black Law Students Association.[10][11][12]

On 29 January 2017, she was appointed president of the Harvard Law Review by the review's 92 student editors. She contested against 12 candidates, eight of whom were women and eight of whom were people of colour. All candidates were made to answer questions from a forum of editors, write responses to submitted questions and participate in mock editorial activities.[8][13][14]

She served as a law clerk for Robert L. Wilkins of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.[1] She was a law clerk for justice Sonia Sotomayor of the Supreme Court of the United States during the Court's 2019 term.[15]

Awards

  • 2017 - African Diaspora Awards[16]
  • 2017 - Most Influential People of African Descent Award[17]
  • 2019 - Soros Justice Fellows[18]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Soros Justice Fellowships". opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  2. ↑ "Harvard Law Review elects first black woman president in its 130-year history". The Independent. 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  3. 1 2 "Meet Harvard Law Review's First Black Female President". NBC 10 Philadelphia. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  4. 1 2 Seelye, Katharine Q. (2017-02-27). "After 130 Years, Harvard Law Review Elects a Black Woman President". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  5. ↑ "Harvard Law Review elects its first black woman as president". The Birmingham Times. 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  6. ↑ "First Black woman elected president of Harvard Law Review". The Louisiana Weekly. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  7. ↑ "Harvard Law Review Elects 1st Black Female President in Its 130-Year History". The Root. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  8. 1 2 Larkin, Alexandra (28 February 2017). "130-year-old Harvard Law Review elects its first African-American woman president". CNN. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  9. ↑ Estrada, Sheryl (2017-02-01). "First Black Woman Elected President of Harvard Law Review". DiversityInc. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  10. ↑ "Nigerian-American Imeime Umana elected President of Harvard Law Review". Financial Nigeria International Limited. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  11. ↑ Kazeem, Yomi (3 February 2017). "Harvard Law Review has elected its first black female president". Quartz Africa. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  12. ↑ "Imelme Umana Elected as First Black Female Harvard Law Review President". The Washington Informer. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  13. ↑ "Law Review Elects First Black Woman President". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  14. ↑ "Nigerian-American ImeIme Umana is first black woman in 130 years to be elected as President of Harvard Law Review, 27 years after Barack Obama held same office". TODAY NEWS AFRICA USA. 2019-09-16. Archived from the original on 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  15. ↑ "Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Complete Clerk Roster For October Term 2019". Above the Law. January 21, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Awards". Society For Africans In Diaspora. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  17. ↑ "Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) honorees". CNN. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  18. ↑ "Open Society Foundations Announces 2019 Soros Justice Fellows". Philanthropy News Digest (PND). Retrieved 2019-11-02.
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