Sherrilyn Ifill will lead the center. She holds the Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Esquire chair in civil rights at Howard's Law School and is the former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Howard community members discuss the blend of law and democracy at 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy launch event.

Howard University confers degrees through various schools, such as: the School of Law, the College of Medicine, the College of Engineering and Architecture, and the School of Education.

American University's Washington College of Law tells Axios it's running roughly 15% to 17% ahead of last year's applicant pool. Howard University School of Law says it's seeing a 38.4% increase.