Sherrilyn Ifill

Sherrilyn Ifill is an American lawyer and the Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Esq. Endowed Chair in Civil Rights at Howard University. She is a law professor and former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. She was the Legal Defense Fund's seventh president since Thurgood Marshall founded the organization in 1940. Ifill is a nationally recognized expert on voting rights and judicial selection.

Baltimore Rising

Face the Nation

6/28

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Sen. Bill Cassidy discusses the explosive meeting between President Trump and Senate Republicans as well as why he changed his vote on the Iran war powers resolution. Plus, Sen. Tim Kaine and CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford join.
The Daily Show

May 4, 2026

Host Jon Stewart welcomes Sherrilyn Ifill, civil rights lawyer and founding director of Howard University's 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy.
D.L. Hughley: Uncut · S2, E44

Sherrilyn Ifill & Hill Harper

Lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill; actor Hill Harper.
60 Minutes · S52, E35

Nation in Crisis, A Long Siege, Failure to Protect

Sherrilyn Ifill on why George Floyd's death is a tipping point and how America can move forward; Then, San Antonio businesses continue reopening as Texas sees rise in coronavirus cases; And, Oklahoma child abuse law disproportionately penalizes women.

Sherrilyn Ifill

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