At their annual gala, the Black Allied Law Students Association honored Debo Adegbile [1] ’94 and Suzette Malveaux [2] ’94.
Adegbile, an NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund attorney for more than a decade, is a partner at WilmerHale. Malveaux is a professor at the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law who worked on the largest employment discrimination class action in US history, Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes (2011).
In their remarks, the honorees discussed challenges in the 50 years since the Civil Rights Act passed. “What I know is that in every fight in which I’ve been engaged, I have been committed to maintaining my integrity and defining success by standing for something,” said Adegbile. Malveaux advised the audience to “lead with your heart, not just your head.”
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