Harvard Law Review Taps Black Princeton Graduate as New Leader

The Harvard Law Review named a Black student as its leader for the second straight year, at a time when the number of first-year Black students at the nation’s most prestigious legal university has plummeted.

Gregory Terrell Seabrooks, a Princeton University graduate, will become the law journal’s 139th president, succeeding Sophia Hunt, an alum of Harvard College, according to a posting on LinkedIn.

“Seabrooks joins the legacy of Black HLS alums like President Barack Obama who also served as the journal’s Editor-in-Chief,” the Harvard Black Law Students Association posted on the social media site.

The announcement comes after Harvard ...