Laura Coates

**Laura Gayle Coates** (an haife ta a ranar 11 ga Yuli, 1979)  ƙwararriyar mai sharhi kan harkokin shari'a ce ta Amurka, lauya, kuma mai watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin. Ta taɓa yin aiki a matsayin lauya mai shari'a ga kamfanonin lauyoyi Faegre &amp;amp; Benson da Kasowitz, Benson, Torres &amp;amp; Friedman, da kuma mai gabatar da ƙara ta tarayya ga Sashen Kare Hakkin Bil'adama na Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta Amurka . Tun daga shekarar 2016, ta yi aiki a matsayin mai sharhi kan harkokin shari'a ga CNN, kuma ta zama babbar mai sharhi kan harkokin shari'a a shekarar 2023.  Tun daga watan Oktoba na 2023, ta kuma ɗauki nauyin wani shirin talabijin na tattaunawa kan labarai na dare a kan hanyar sadarwar, *Laura Coates Live* .

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Coates a ranar 11 ga Yuli, 1979, a Hartford, Connecticut,  amma ta girma a Worcester, Massachusetts har zuwa aji na huɗu, lokacin da iyalinta suka ƙaura zuwa Minnesota .  Ita ce ƙarama a cikin 'yan'uwa mata uku.  Mahaifinta likitan haƙori ne.  A shekarar 1997, ta kammala karatunta daga Makarantar St. Paul da Makarantar Summit, wata makarantar kwana mai zaman kanta ta shirya ɗalibai a Saint Paul, Minnesota . A shekarar 2001, ta kammala karatunta da digirin AB daga Makarantar Harkokin Jama'a da Ƙasashen Duniya ta Princeton bayan ta kammala karatun digiri na biyu mai shafuka 122 mai taken "Gado na Fansar Kudancin: Nazarin Manufar Rage 'Yancin Felon" a ƙarƙashin kulawar Russ Nieli. 

A shekarar 2005, ta sami digirin JD daga Makarantar Shari'a ta Jami'ar Minnesota . 

## Aikin shari'a
Coates ta fara aikin lauya a Minnesota a matsayin mataimakiyar lauya a kamfanin Faegre &amp;amp; Benson .  Ta bar Faegre ta zama mataimakiyar lauya a kamfanin lauyoyi na New York na Kasowitz, Benson, Torres &amp;amp; Friedman . 

Ta koma daga aiki na sirri zuwa Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta Amurka a matsayin mai gabatar da ƙara ta tarayya. Ta kasance lauya a shari'a a Sashen Haƙƙoƙin Bil Adama na Ma'aikatar Shari'a a lokacin gwamnatocin Bush da Obama, ƙwararriya ce wajen aiwatar da haƙƙin zaɓe a duk faɗin ƙasar.  Ta kuma kasance mataimakiyar lauya a Majalisar Dokoki ta Amurka a Gundumar Columbia, tana gurfanar da manyan laifuka kamar safarar miyagun ƙwayoyi, laifukan yaƙi, cin zarafin gida, cin zarafin yara, da cin zarafin mata. &#x5B; ** &#x5D; A halin yanzu ba lauya ba ce kuma tana cikin halin rashin aiki tare da Ofishin Rijistar Lauyoyi a Kotun Koli ta Minnesota . 

## Talabijin da rediyo
A watan Mayun 2016, ta shiga CNN a matsayin babbar mai sharhi kan harkokin shari'a. Baya ga fitowa a shirye-shiryen CNN a matsayin mai sharhi, Coates zai kuma shiga cikin shirye-shiryen musamman da kuma tarurrukan zauren gari da cibiyar sadarwa ke watsawa.  Ta kuma dauki nauyin shirin *The Laura Coates* *Show* a Sirius XM .  A watan Yulin 2018, mai masaukin baki na *Jeopardy!,* Alex Trebek, ya ba da shawarar Coates a matsayin wanda zai iya maye gurbinsa da zarar an kammala kwangilarsa. 

A watan Satumba na 2022, kafin tsakiyar zangon karatu na 2022, CNN ta sanar da cewa Coates zai zama mai masaukin baki na wucin gadi a karkashin alamar *CNN Tonight*, tare da hadin gwiwar Alisyn Camerota daga karfe 10 na dare zuwa tsakar dare.  A watan Janairun 2023, Coates ya koma kawai zuwa karfe 11 na dare na *CNN Tonight* .  An cire Coates daga shirin a hankali a watan Maris na 2023. 

A ranar 5 ga Mayu, 2023, CNN ta sanar da cewa an kara wa Coates matsayi a matsayin babban mai sharhi kan harkokin shari'a.  A ranar 14 ga Agusta, 2023, CNN ta sanar da cewa Coates za ta karbi bakuncin wani sabon shiri na karfe 11 na dare: *Laura Coates Kai Tsaye* . 

A ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 2024, tana ɗaukar rahoto game da gurfanar da Donald Trump a gaban CNN a birnin New York lokacin da aka katse ta ba zato ba tsammani kuma dole ne ta ba da rahoto kai tsaye game da ƙona Maxwell Azzarello kai tsaye.  Ta ci gaba da ba da labarin ƙonawar kai tsaye na tsawon mintuna biyu kamar yadda ya faru.  An yaba mata sosai saboda kiyaye natsuwarta yayin da take ba da rahoton lamarin kai tsaye.   Duk da haka, ita da CNN sun fuskanci suka saboda da farko sun ba da rahoton ba daidai ba ga wani "mai harbi mai aiki" da kuma shawarar da aka yanke na daƙiƙa biyu don nuna hoton bidiyon ƙonawar kai tsaye. 

## Littattafai
Coates ta rubuta abubuwa da dama kuma ta samar da bincike ga manyan wallafe-wallafe kamar The Washington Post da Boston Herald . Littafinta na farko, wanda aka buga a watan Janairun 2016, jagora ne na shari'a mai taken You Have the Right: A Constitutional Guide to Policing the Police . An fitar da littafin Coates na biyu, Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Adalci, a watan Janairun 2022, yana bayanin gogewarta a matsayin mai gabatar da ƙara ta tarayya bakar fata mace.

## Koyarwa
Coates farfesa ne na shari'a a Makarantar Shari'a ta Jami'ar George Washington kuma yana magana akai-akai a faɗin ƙasar kan haƙƙin ɗan adam, adalci ga zamantakewa, ƙarfafa tattalin arziki, da sauran batutuwa. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Coates ya auri Dale Gordon a shekarar 2010.  Suna zaune a Washington, DC kuma suna da 'ya'ya biyu.  Coates mai sha'awar hip-hop ce ta daɗe.  Ita memba ce a ƙungiyar Alpha Kappa Alpha . 

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