Harvard Law Review elects its first black woman president

New York, March 1: For the first time since its existence, the 130-year-old Harvard Law Review has elected a black woman as president.According to a report in CNN on Tuesday, ImeIme Umana, 24, is the first African-American to lead a journal that has the largest reach of any law journal in the world.Former US President Barrack Obama was the first black man to be elected as the Review s president 27 years ago.The journals has had presidents from other minorities also. Also, it has had female presidents also. However, until now, never a black woman."Umana was chosen by the Harvard Law Review s 92 student editors in what is widely considered the highest-ranked position that a student can have at the cut-throat law school," the report noted.Umana grew up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and was brought up by his Nigerian immigrant parents. She s a joint degree candidate at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government."I didn t realise [civics] could be so personal and so alive for a lot of the students," Umana was quoted as saying."It taught me sensitivity in teaching but it also taught me, like the public defender s service, to not assume certain backgrounds, certain reactions, certain lived experiences" she added.