In 2015, Dehlia Victoria Umunna made history as Harvard’s first Nigerian law professor. Born on May 11, 1973 in London, Harvard Law School lists her as a Clinical Professor of Law and Faculty Deputy Director of its Criminal Justice Institute (CJI), where she supervises third-year law students in their representation of adult and juvenile clients in criminal and juvenile proceedings in Massachusetts Courts, including the Supreme Judicial Court.  Her teaching interest and research, focus on Criminal Law, Criminal Defense and Theory, Mass Incarceration, and Race Issues.

She received a…