Danielle Holley-Walker

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Danielle Holley-Walker
Bornc. 1975 (age 46–47)
EducationYale University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Danielle R. Holley-Walker (born c. 1975)[1] is the dean of the Howard University School of Law. In 2022, she was mentioned by The New York Times as a possible Joe Biden Supreme Court candidate to succeed retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.[2]

Holley-Walker received a B.A. from Yale University in 1996, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1999. She then served as a law clerk for Chief Judge Carl E. Stewart of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.[3] Holley-Walker served as associate dean for academic affairs at the University of South Carolina School of Law, from which position she was named dean of the Howard University School of Law in 2014.[4][3]

Holley-Walker is a Liberty Fellow through the Aspen Global Leadership network. She is also on the board of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights.[5]

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  1. ^ "20 Under 40: The Next Wave of Leaders: Danielle Holley-Walker", The State (February 20, 2012), p. F15.
  2. ^ Martin, Jonathan (2021-02-21). "How Democrats Are Already Maneuvering to Shape Biden's First Supreme Court Pick". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  3. ^ a b "Howard University Press Release". Howard University School of Law. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  4. ^ "People and Achievements", The State (July 13, 2014), p. D4.
  5. ^ "Dean Danielle Holley-Walker | Howard University School of Law".

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