J’can-born Woman Becomes Emory Law Journal’s First Black Editor-in-Chief

A Jamaican-born woman recently became the first black editor-in-chief for the Emory Law Journal.

Emory Law Journal (ELJ), founded in 1952 was the first journal sponsored by Emory University School of Law and is also the school’s oldest publication. 

It has has been publishing academic, professional, and student-authored pieces on a wide range of legal subjects since 1978.

On Wednesday ELJ announced that Law student Janiel Myers was elected to the Journal’s highest role.

ELJ states that Myers is Jamaican-born and recently naturalised as an American citizen.

The news release by ELJ also states that this summer Myers will work as an associate at international law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges, after which she intends to focus her legal career on service as a bankruptcy lawyer and later, as a professor and mentor.

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