Sherrilyn ifill biography of albert einstein

American lawyer (born 1962)

Sherrilyn Ifill (born December 17, 1962) is an American lawyer and the Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Esq. Endowed Chair in Civil Rights (Vernon E.

Jordan) at Howard University. She is a law professor and former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.^[1] She was the Legal Defense Fund's seventh president since Thurgood Marshall founded the organization in 1940.

Ifill is a nationally recognized expert on voting rights and judicial selection.^[2] In 2021, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world on its annual Time 100 list.

Early life and education

Sherrilyn Ifill was born on December 17, 1962, in Queens, New York^[3] to Lester and Myrtle.

She is the youngest of 10 children.^[4] Her mother passed away when she was 6 years old.^[4] She graduated from Hillcrest High School.^[5] Ifill has an A.B. from Vassar College and a J.D.

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