Guinier, Lani

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GUINIER, Lani

GUINIER, Lani. American, b. 1950. Genres: Law. Career: Damon J. Keith, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Detroit, MI, law clerk, 1974-76; Wayne County Juvenile Court, Detroit, juvenile court referee, 1976-77; Assistant Attorney General Drew S. Days, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, special assistant, 1977-81; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Legal Defense and Educational Fund, assistant council, 1981-88; New York University School of Law, NYC, adjunct professor, 1985-89; University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA, professor of law, 1988-. Publications: The Tyranny of the Majority: Fundamental Fairness in Representative Democracy, 1994; (with M. Fine and J. Balin) Becoming Gentleman: Women, Law School, and Institutional Change, 1997. Contributor to scholarly journals. Address: Griswold 503, Harvard Law School, 1563 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]