Editing Lani Guinier (section)

==Honors==
During her lifetime, Guinier was honored with the Champion of Democracy Award from the [[National Women's Political Caucus]];<ref name=":3" /> the [[Margaret Brent]] Women Lawyers of Achievement Award from the [[American Bar Association]] (ABA) Commission on Women in the Profession (1995);<ref>{{Cite web|title=Previous Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award Recipients|url=https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/women/margaret-brent-awards/pasthonorees/|url-status=live|access-date=January 7, 2022|website=www.americanbar.org|archive-date=December 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218135337/https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/women/margaret-brent-awards/pasthonorees/}}</ref> and the [[Rosa Parks]] Award from the American Association of Affirmative Action.<ref name=":3" /> She was also awarded the 1994 Harvey Levin Teaching Award at the [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]]<ref name=":3" /> and the 2002 Sacks-Freund Award for Teaching Excellence from [[Harvard Law School]].<ref name=":2" /> In 2015 she was awarded the "[[Deborah W. Meier]] Hero in Education Award" from [[Fairtest]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=about us {{!}} FairTest|url=https://www.fairtest.org/aboutus?page=2|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=www.fairtest.org|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029174056/http://www.fairtest.org/aboutus?page=2|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, she was awarded a Champion of Democracy Award from [[Fair Vote]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fairvote.org/lani_guinier_champion_of_democracy|title=Lani Guinier: Champion of Democracy|publisher=Fair Vote|accessdate=January 7, 2022|archive-date=July 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717192931/https://www.fairvote.org/lani_guinier_champion_of_democracy|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, she received [[Yale Law School]]’s highest honor, the Award of Merit.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yale Law School Mourns the Loss of Lani Guinier '74|url=https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/yale-law-school-mourns-loss-lani-guinier-74|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=law.yale.edu|date=January 7, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Symposium Honors Professor and Civil Rights Lawyer Lani Guinier '74|url=https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/symposium-honors-professor-and-civil-rights-lawyer-lani-guinier-74|date=November 18, 2021|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=law.yale.edu|language=en|archive-date=December 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214035930/https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/symposium-honors-professor-and-civil-rights-lawyer-lani-guinier-74|url-status=live}}</ref>

She received eleven [[honorary degrees]],<ref name="law.harvard.edu"/> from schools including [[Hunter College]],<ref name=":1" /> [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=News Bureau|title=Lani Guinier to speak at 2004 Commencement|url=https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/207757|date=November 13, 2003|access-date=January 7, 2022|website=news.illinois.edu|language=en-US|archive-date=January 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122193152/https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/207757|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Smith College]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lani Guinier to Deliver Smith Commencement Address|url=https://www.smith.edu/newsoffice/releases/01-075.html|access-date=January 7, 2022|website=www.smith.edu|archive-date=November 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105090835/https://www.smith.edu/newsoffice/releases/01-075.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Spelman College]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 2019|title=Honorary Degree Recipients 1977 - Present|url=https://www.spelman.edu/docs/presidents-office/past-honorary-degree-recipients.pdf?sfvrsn=cecf8c50_14|url-status=live|access-date=January 7, 2022|website=President's Office|archive-date=April 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412075423/https://www.spelman.edu/docs/presidents-office/past-honorary-degree-recipients.pdf?sfvrsn=cecf8c50_14}}</ref> [[Swarthmore College]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 8, 2014|title=Past Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients|url=https://www.swarthmore.edu/past-commencements/past-speakers-and-honorary-degree-recipients|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=www.swarthmore.edu|language=en|archive-date=December 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227122812/https://www.swarthmore.edu/past-commencements/past-speakers-and-honorary-degree-recipients|url-status=live}}</ref> and Bard College.<ref>{{Cite web|last=cyber|date=January 8, 2022|title=BARD COLLEGE TO HOLD ONE HUNDRED FORTY-THIRD COMMENCEMENT ON SATURDAY, MAY 24, 2003 Civil Rights Champion and Harvard Law Professor Lani Guinier to Deliver Commencement Address|url=https://news.thecyber.live/host-https-www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=587|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=News The Cyber Live|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" />  In 2007 she delivered the [[Yale Law School]] Fowler Harper Lecture, entitled "The Political Representative as Powerful Stranger: Challenges for Democracy."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lani Guinier '74 Discusses Challenges for Democracy April 30|url=https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/lani-guinier-74-discusses-challenges-democracy-april-30|date=April 24, 2007|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=law.yale.edu|language=en}}</ref>