Judith A. Winston
Encyclopedia
Judith A. Winston is a lawyer and law professor, former General Counsel of the US Department of Education, and was one of the lead members of U.S. President-elect
Barack Obama
's Agency Review teams for the Departments of Education and Labor. She served as executive director to President Clinton's One America Initiative
.
and English-language learners, and civil rights. She is a former Deputy Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
, former Deputy Director for Public Policy of the National Partnerships for Women and Families (formerly the Women's Legal Defense Fund) and former Executive Assistant and Legal Counsel to the Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
. She has also served as an Associate Professor and Research Professor of law at the Washington College of Law at American University
. She has also served as a program director and research associate in urban education at the Council of Great City Schools. Winston is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia. She is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center
and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Howard University
.
Winston has received the prestigious Thurgood Marshall
Award from the District of Columbia Bar Association, the Margaret Brent
Women Lawyers of Achievement Award from the American Bar Association
's Commission on Women in the Profession, and the Lawyer of the Year Award from the Women's Bar Association. She serves on NPR
's Board of Directors, Partners for Democratic Change International
, the Southern Education Foundation
, and the National Law Center on Poverty and Homelessness. She is the author of many articles on education, civil rights, and employment discrimination, and women of color in the workplace.
President-elect
An -elect is a political candidate who has been elected to an office but who has not yet been sworn in or officially taken office. These may include an incoming president, senator, representative, governor and mayor.Analogously, the term "designate" An -elect is a political candidate who has been...
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
's Agency Review teams for the Departments of Education and Labor. She served as executive director to President Clinton's One America Initiative
One America Initiative
On June 14, 1997, U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton announced One America in the 21st Century: The President's Initiative on Race. This initiative, established with , was a critical element in President Clinton's effort to prepare his country to embrace diversity...
.
Background
Winston has served as an Assistant General Counsel in the U.S. Department of Education and was worked in matters involving special education programs, bilingual educationBilingual education
Bilingual education involves teaching academic content in two languages, in a native and secondary language with varying amounts of each language used in accordance with the program model.-Bilingual education program models:...
and English-language learners, and civil rights. She is a former Deputy Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law, often simply The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights or Lawyers' Committee, is a civil rights organization that was founded in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy.-Origins: 1963-1973:...
, former Deputy Director for Public Policy of the National Partnerships for Women and Families (formerly the Women's Legal Defense Fund) and former Executive Assistant and Legal Counsel to the Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is an independent federal law enforcement agency that enforces laws against workplace discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, perceived intelligence,...
. She has also served as an Associate Professor and Research Professor of law at the Washington College of Law at American University
American University
American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
. She has also served as a program director and research associate in urban education at the Council of Great City Schools. Winston is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia. She is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center is the law school of Georgetown University, located in Washington, D.C.. Established in 1870, the Law Center offers J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. degrees in law...
and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Howard University
Howard University
Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...
.
Winston has received the prestigious Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from October 1967 until October 1991...
Award from the District of Columbia Bar Association, the Margaret Brent
Margaret Brent
Margaret Brent , an English immigrant to the Colony of Maryland, was the first woman in the English North American colonies to appear before a court of the Common Law. She was a significant founding settler in the early histories of the colonies of Maryland and Virginia...
Women Lawyers of Achievement Award from the American Bar Association
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...
's Commission on Women in the Profession, and the Lawyer of the Year Award from the Women's Bar Association. She serves on NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
's Board of Directors, Partners for Democratic Change International
Partners for Democratic Change International
Partners for Democratic Change International is a global partnership of Partners for Democratic Change and the eighteen independent, local organizations Partners founded in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa that work to advance civil society, good governance and a culture of...
, the Southern Education Foundation
Southern education foundation
The Southern Education Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation created in 1937 from four different funds — the Peabody Education Fund, the John F Slater Fund, the Negro Rural School Fund, and the Virginia Randolph Fund. Their main goal is to promote quality education for traditionally...
, and the National Law Center on Poverty and Homelessness. She is the author of many articles on education, civil rights, and employment discrimination, and women of color in the workplace.