Nkemjika Emenike

Nkemjika Abad Emenike is a J.D./M.A. Candidate with a focus on civil rights, racial justice, history of organizing, Black American history, and histories of solidarity. At Stanford, she hopes to explore more the history of solidarity between Black organizers and other marginalized groups, the impact that Black communities have had on the structure of the American legal system, and the tradition of Black narrative and storytelling in preserving Black history. At Stanford Law, she is active in the Black Law Students Association, First-Gen, Low-Income Student Association, Entertainment and Sports Law Association, and the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. She has also had the privilege of interning with the Stanford Center for Racial Justice and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Nkemjika holds a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis with minors in African & African American Studies and Chinese. During her time at Washington University, she spent two years working on the WashU and Slavery project as both a research and teaching assistant.