Michael Patrick Leahy, writing at Breitbart.com,[1] located an article in the Spring 1993 issue of the student-run Harvard Women’s Law Journal,[2] when Warren was a visiting professor at Harvard Law, in which Warren was on the list of ”Women of Color in Legal Academia.”

The Journal used the 1991-1992 AALS directory list of Minority Law Teachers — on which Warren’s name appeared as we now know[3] based on her claiming Native American status – as a starting point, then gathered other information from other sources, and then sent out confirmation letters.[4]

The bio was current as of 1993, listing Warren as being a visitor at Harvard, so it was not just stale information pulled from the 1991-1992 AALS directory.[5]

Leahy also spoke with Charles W. Mooney, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School since 1986,who confirmed that Warren “mentioned that she had Native American heritage. She didn’t keep that a secret, but I don’t remember any particular context where she raised it.”[6]

Warren stated that she never used her alleged Native American status when applying for jobs.[7] It was, however, common knowledge among her law school peers, particularly by the time she was under consideration by Harvard. Even the students at the Harvard Women’s Law Journal in 1993 — right at the time[8] Warren was under consideration for a permanent position – knew to list Warren as a “woman of color.”

References