Lani Guinier

Lani Guinier
Guinier in 1993
Born	Carol Lani Guinier (1950-04-19)April 19, 1950 New York City, U.S.
Died	January 7, 2022(2022-01-07) (aged 71) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Radcliffe College (BA) Yale University (JD)
Occupations	Attorney Author Law professor
Relatives	Ewart Guinier (father) Maurice Paprin (uncle)

Carol Lani Guinier (/ˈlɑːni ɡwɪˈnɪər/ LAH-nee gwin-EER; April 19, 1950 – January 7, 2022) was an American educator, legal scholar, and civil rights theorist. She was the Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and the first woman of color appointed to a tenured professorship there.^[1] Before coming to Harvard in 1998, Guinier taught at the University of Pennsylvania Law School for ten years. Her scholarship covered the professional responsibilities of public lawyers, the relationship between democracy and the law, the role of race and gender in the political process, college admissions, and affirmative action. In 1993 President Bill Clinton nominated Guinier to be United States Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, but withdrew the nomination.