Anita Hill

Anita Hill

Born
July 30, 1956

Anita Hill is a University Professor at Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management. She is also Counsel to Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll, a plaintiff's law firm. The youngest of 13 children from a farm in Oklahoma, Hill is a graduate of Oklahoma State University and Yale…

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Anita Hill is a University Professor at Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management. She is also Counsel to Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll, a plaintiff's law firm. The youngest of 13 children from a farm in Oklahoma, Hill is a graduate of Oklahoma State University and Yale Law School. She began her career in private practice in Washington, D.C. and worked at the U.S. Education Department and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In 1989, Hill became the first African American to be tenured at the University of Oklahoma, College of Law.

Hill is the recipient of numerous awards, grants and honorary degrees. Her professional and civic contributions include chairing the Human Rights Law Committee of the International Bar Association, and membership on the Board of Directors of the National Women's Law Center and Lawyers for Civil Rights.

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