Tiffany Mickel becomes first Black editor-in-chief of Virginia Law Review
Tiffany Mickel becomes first Black editor-in-chief of Virginia Law Review By Riley Wyant | February 8, 2021 at 5:56 PM EST - Updated February 8 at 9:11 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Virginia Law Review, one of the most prestigious journals in the country operating since 1913, just named its first-ever Black editor-in-chief: Tiffany Mickel. She is excited to take the reins.
“I feel so honored,” Mickel said. “I don’t feel like I’m the first Black qualified EIC, but I am the first, so I’m just so completely humbled.”
Mickel is in her second year of law school at the University of Virginia. She took the road less traveled to get here.
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Tiffany Mickel, a second-year student at the University of Virginia School of Law, has been selected as the new editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Review. She is the first Black person to hold the position.
Mickel and the managing board were chosen by the outgoing board after an application and interview process. The 30 second-year law students began their new roles Jan. 25.
The publication, now in its 108th year, is one of the nation’s most prestigious law journals.
Mickel answered a few questions about herself, her goals for the journal and what this milestone achievement means to her.