Lia Epperson

**Lia Beth Epperson** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1971 ko 1972)  lauya ce ta kare hakkin bil'adama ta Amurka kuma farfesa a fannin shari'a a Kwalejin Shari'a ta Washington ta Jami'ar Amurka. A baya ta yi aiki a matsayin babban mataimakin shugaban ma'aikata da harkokin ilimi a makarantar shari'a. Epperson ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan shari'ar ilimi da manufofi a Asusun Tsaro na Shari'a da Ilimi na NAACP daga 2001 zuwa 2005.  Binciken ta ya fi mayar da hankali kan kotunan tarayya da manufofin ilimi game da launin fata. Epperson ya kasance babban jami'i a Cibiyar Ci gaban Amurka da kuma Cibiyar Nazarin Ci gaba a Collegium de Lyon .   Epperson ya rubuta amicus briefs da yawa ga Kotun Koli ta Amurka da suka shafi aiki mai kyau da Dokar ilimi.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
Epperson ta girma a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,  tare da 'yar'uwarta Sharon Epperson . Mahaifin Epperson, Dokta David E. Epperson, ya kasance shugaban Makarantar Ayyukan Jama'a a Jami'ar Pittsburgh kusan kusan shekaru 30 kuma shi ne shugaban Afirka na farko a makarantar. Mahaifiyarta malamar aji na farko ce a Makarantar Firamare ta Lincoln da ke Pittsburgh . 

Epperson ta halarci Jami'ar Harvard, inda ta sami digiri na farko a fannin zamantakewa kuma ta kammala digiri na biyu. Yayinda take Harvard, Epperson ta shiga Alpha Kappa Alpha, ƙungiyar farko ta Afirka da Amurka da ke da rubutun Helenanci, wanda 'yar'uwarta, Sharon, ita ma memba ce. A cikin babban shekarunta, Epperson ta sami Bayard Rustin Fellowship. Daga baya ta halarci Makarantar Shari'a ta Jami'ar Stanford, ta sami likita a shekarar 1998.   A Stanford, Epperson ya yi aiki a matsayin edita na *Stanford Law Review* da *Stanford Law and Policy Review* .  Kafin kammala karatunsa, Epperson ya kasance abokin aiki na rani a Asusun Tsaro na Yara. An shigar da Epperson a cikin Bar na Jihar California a ranar 5 ga Mayu, 1999, kodayake lasisin ta ba ta aiki a jihar.

## Ayyuka
Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Shari'a ta Stanford, Epperson ya yi aiki a matsayin magatakarda na shari'a ga Timothy K. Lewis na Kotun daukaka kara ta Amurka don Yanki na Uku. Epperson da Lewis daga baya sun yi aiki tare a matsayin mambobin kwamitin The Constitution Project .  A cikin 1991, Epperson ya fara aiki a matsayin abokin tarayya a Morrison & Foerster a Palo Alto, California. Epperson ya kalubalanci 'yancin kasuwanci da na jama'a. Bugu da ƙari, ta kasance memba na kwamitin Big Brothers Big Sisters na San Francisco da Peninsula .  Daga 2001 zuwa 2005, Epperson ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan shari'ar ilimi da manufofi a Asusun Tsaro da Ilimi na NAACP.

Epperson ta fara aikinta a fannin ilimi a shekara ta 2005, tana aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar farfesa a Makarantar Shari'a ta Jami'ar Santa Clara, inda ta koyar da dokar tsarin mulki har zuwa shekara ta 2010.  Yayinda yake a Santa Clara, Epperson ya yi aiki a Kwamitin Nominating na Ƙungiyar 'Yancin Bil'adama ta Amirka ta Arewacin California da Kwamitin girmamawa na Cibiyar Shari'a ta Shari'a. Epperson ya kasance babban jami'i a Cibiyar Ci gaban Amurka daga 2008 zuwa 2010, yana gudanar da bincike wanda ya mayar da hankali kan aiwatar da haƙƙin jama'a na tarayya na manufofi da ayyuka. Daga 2009 zuwa 2010, Epperson ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin farfesa mai ziyara a Jami'ar Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law . A shekara ta 2010, Epperson ya fara aiki a Kwalejin Shari'a ta Jami'ar Amurka ta Washington . Ta taba aiki a matsayin darakta na Shirin Kimiyya na Shari'a. Bugu da kari, Epperson ya yi aiki a matsayin babban mataimakin shugaban ma'aikata da harkokin ilimi a makarantar. Epperson ta sami Kyautar Kyautar Koyarwa ta makarantar a watan Fabrairun 2022.

## Rayuwa ta mutum

Epperson ta auri Benjamin Jealous, tsohon shugaban kasa kuma babban jami'in zartarwa na National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a watan Yulin shekara ta 2002.  Epperson da Jealous sun hadu a 1993, lokacin da Epperson ya maye gurbin Jealous a matsayin mai shiga tsakani a ofishin kasa na New York na NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.  Epperson da Jealous suna da 'ya'ya biyu tare. Ma'auratan sun sake aure a shekarar 2015.   Epperson da Jealous sun kasance cikin abokantaka, kuma suna da iyayen 'ya'yansu biyu. Epperson 'yar'uwar wakilin CNBC Sharon Epperson ce.

## Daraja da kyaututtuka
A shekara ta 2013, ta kasance shugabar girmamawa ga mata a cikin shirin NAACP a Yarjejeniyar Kasa ta NAACP . 

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