She is a law professor and president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
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She says answering people who are protesting police brutality with overwhelming force is counterintuitive.
[7], While in law school, Ifill clerked for Judge A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. the first summer and at the United Nations Centre for Human Rights the second summer. Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc.All rights reserved. [3], In 2016, Ifill won the Society of American Law Teachers Great Teacher Award. ", Ifill, a constitutional law scholar and civil rights leader hopes this moment in time will lead to structural changes in our evolving democracy. "Responding to protests that emanate from anger about the excessive use of force with an excessive use of force strikes me as not a good strategy for law and order," Ifill says. She is the Legal Defense Fund's seventh president since Thurgood Marshall founded the organization in 1940. The interview will be broadcast on 60 Minutes Sunday, June 7, at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. She is a law professor and president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. We've amended it many times," says Ifill.
We always have the possibility of improving the republic.
"But actually, there is so much more strength in the willingness to lead a true democracy. "Responding to protests that emanate from anger about the excessive use of force with an excessive use of force strikes me as not a good strategy for law and order," Sherrilyn Ifill says. [11], Ifill regularly appears in the media for her expertise on topics like affirmative action,[12][13] policing,[14] judicial nominees,[15] and the Supreme Court. "Well, we call them strongmen because that's their goal is to appear strong," Ifill says of the incident a few days ago when protesters near the White House were dispersed with crowd controlling agents before President Trump walked to St. John's Church to have a photo taken of him holding a Bible. [17], Ifill was an American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow in 2019. [8] Her first job out of law school was a one-year fellowship with the ACLU in New York. [2] In 1993, she joined the faculty of the University of Maryland Law School, where she taught for two decades. The lawyer heading the country's foremost civil rights and law organization tells 60 Minutes she is alarmed by the Trump administration's call to "dominate the streets" in the face of unrest and protests caused by the killing of George Floyd.
Sherrilyn Ifill (born December 17, 1962) is an American lawyer. [4] She graduated from Hillcrest High School. She is the youngest of 10 children.
[1], She is a cousin of the late PBS NewsHour anchor Gwen Ifill.
"The attorney general of the United States saying that on a phone call with governors. After leaving to teach law and write books, she returned in 2013, as the second female director to head the organization founded by Thurgood Marshall in … A number of prominent attorneys have been affiliated with LDF over the years, including Barack Obama who was an LDF cooperating attorney. "We should be creating new ideals. [5] Ifill has a B.A.
You know, the Constitution doesn't have to just be that static document.
Ifill is also a nationally recognized expert on voting rights and judicial selection. We amended it to extend the vote to 18-year-olds. protests caused by the killing of George Floyd. Part of the thing that has been so alarming is not Mr. Trump himself but the amount of people who have been willing to go along with things that we would have regarded as beyond the pale," she tells Whitaker. Pace of accepted cases at Supreme Court slows", "2019 Fellows and International Honorary Members with their affiliations at the time of election", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sherrilyn_Ifill&oldid=977484449, University of Maryland, Baltimore faculty, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 9 September 2020, at 03:36. from Vassar College and a J.D. "We amended it to give women the right to vote.
Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, speaks to Bill Whitaker about Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police and what its aftermath means for America. Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, speaks to Bill Whitaker about Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police and what its … The following, non-exhaustive list of LDF alumni demonstrates the breadth of positions these attorneys have held or currently hold in public service, the government, academia, the private sector, and other areas. [16], Ifill is married to Ivo Knobloch[4] and has three children. [2] She 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. "And who have been willing to be part of this unraveling of our democracy. Sherrilyn Ifill (born December 17, 1962) is an American lawyer. ", The administration's response to the peaceful protests around the White House last Monday night, she says, was not fitting for a democratic government. [4] Her mother passed away when Ifill was 6 years old. © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. [9][10] She is the author of On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the 21st Century, a 2008 finalist for the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction.
[18], Society of American Law Teachers (May 16, 2016). You are strong because you can hear dissent. See the interview, Sunday. [1] She is the Legal Defense Fund's seventh president since Thurgood Marshall founded the organization in 1940. Meet the leadership, litigation, fellowship and other staff members of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. But the people have to have the will to do it.". [2], Sherrilyn Ifill was born on December 17, 1962, in Jamaica, Queens, New York[3] to Lester (a Harlem social worker) and Myrtle. Ifill is also a nationally recognized expert on voting rights and judicial selection.
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