Redigerer Kamala Harris (avsnitt)

==Utdannelse==
Etter avgangen på ''high school'' i 1982, begynte Harris på [[Howard University]], et [[Tradisjonelt svarte læresteder i USA|tradisjonelt svart universitet]] i [[Washington, D.C.]] Mens hun var på Howard, praktiserte hun som kontorist for [[senator|Californias senator]] fra 1969 til 1993, [[Alan Cranston|Alan MacGregor Cranston]] (1914–2000). Hun var også leder av det økonomiske samfunnet, ledet debatt-teamet og ble medlem av [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-election-day/meet-kamala-harris-second-black-woman-elected-u-s-senate-n680726|title=Meet Kamala Harris, the second Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate|last=Owens|first=Donna|date=8. november 2016|publisher=NBC News|access-date=18. februar 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Howard Alumna Becomes First Woman Elected as California Attorney General|publisher=Howard University|date=17. desember 2010|url=http://www.howard.edu/newsroom/releases/2010/20101215HowardAlumnaTrailblazerBecomesFirstWomanElectedasCaliforniaAttorneyGeneral.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112015549/http://www.howard.edu/newsroom/releases/2010/20101215HowardAlumnaTrailblazerBecomesFirstWomanElectedasCaliforniaAttorneyGeneral.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12. januar 2011|accessdate=14. november 2014}}</ref>

I 1986 tok hun som avgangseksamen ved Howard med en [[bachelorgrad]] i [[statsvitenskap]] og [[nasjonaløkonomi]].<ref>{{cite web|titel=Meet Kamala Harris, the second Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-election-day/meet-kamala-harris-second-black-woman-elected-u-s-senate-n680726|verk=NBC News|hämtdatum=2020-08-10|språk=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-kamala-harris-howard-university-20190319-story.html|title=A political awakening: How Howard University shaped Kamala Harris’ identity|last=Halper|first=Evan|publisher=Los Angeles Times|language=en|date=2019-03-19|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref>

Harris vendte deretter tilbake til California for å starte et jusstudium ved [[University of California, Hastings College of the Law]] gjennom dets ''Legal Education Opportunity Program'' (LEOP).<ref>{{cite news|title=LEOP: Opening Doors for Students of Promise|url=https://www.uchastings.edu/2018/08/14/uc-hastings-2018-magazine-preview-opening-doors-for-students-of-promise/|accessdate=13. august 2020|work=UC Hastings Magazine|date=14. august 2018}}</ref> På Hastings var hun president i avdelingen av [[Black Law Students Association]].<ref>{{cite web|title=UC Hastings Congratulates Kamala Harris '89: California's next U.S. Senator|url=https://www.uchastings.edu/2016/11/09/uc-hastings-congratulates-kamala-harris-89-californias-next-u-s-senator/|website=UC Hastings Law|location=San Francisco|date=9. november 2016}}</ref> I 1989 fullførte hun jusstudiet med en juridisk doktorgrad<ref>{{cite news|title=Kamala Harris '89 Wins Race for California Attorney General|publisher=UC Hastings News Room|date=24. november 2010|url=http://www.uchastings.edu/media-and-news/news/2010/11/kamala-harris.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130223928/http://uchastings.edu/media-and-news/news/2010/11/kamala-harris.html|url-status=yes|archive-date=30. november 2010|accessdate=2. februar 2011|archivedate=2010-11-30|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130223928/http://www.uchastings.edu/media-and-news/news/2010/11/kamala-harris.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uchastings.edu/2016/11/09/uc-hastings-congratulates-kamala-harris-89-californias-next-u-s-senator/|title=UC Hastings Congratulates Kamala Harris ’89: California’s next U.S. Senator|publisher=UC Hastings College of The Law, San Francisco|language=en|date=2016-11-09|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref> og i juni 1990 ble hun medlem av [[advokatsamfunn]]et [[State Bar of California]].<ref name="Cal. bar">{{cite web|title=Attorney Licensee Profile, Kamala Devi Harris #146672|website=The State Bar of California|url=http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/Licensee/Detail/146672 | access-date= 1. august 2020}}</ref>