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Lori Lightfoot, who once worked as a federal prosecutor and as a partner at Mayer Brown, was recently elected as Chicago’s mayor. Which law school did she attend?
Hint: Lightfoot is the Windy City’s first black woman to be elected as mayor, the first openly gay woman to be elected as mayor, and the first former federal prosecutor be elected as mayor in modern times.
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