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Laura Coates, Saint Paul (Minnesota), V.S., is a legal analyst at CNN.

Since the Trump Administration's taking office early 2017, she analyses and comments as a legal expert the ongoing, (often) unusual complications from a constitutional or criminal point of view.

On May 2016 she adjoined as a legal analyst to CNN.

Since 2017 she is also hosting her eponymous radio-show, the Laura Coates Show on radio Siriusxm/urbanview.

In addition to being a well-known broadcasting personality, Coates is an adjunct professor at the George Washington University School of Law and routinely speaks across the country on civil rights, social justice, economic empowerment, and so on. .

Coates currently resides in Washington, D.C. with her husband and two children.

Education, experience and career
She graduated her bachelor’s at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton University in New Jersey. Her ''Juris. Doctor.'' she received from the University of Minnesota Law School.

Coates began her legal career by working as a prosecuter. She served as a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice in Washington D.C. during the George W. Bush Administration and the Obama Administration.

Writing
As her expertise with legal issues grew, Coates began writing features and offering research tot major publications, such as The Washington Post and the Boston Herald.

Her first book was released in January 2016. A legal guide titled You have the Right: A Constitutional Guide to Policing the Police.

Due to its easy language, the rising of visible police brutality, and 2016 political climate, the book became an instant bestseller, and people across the country began using it to educate themselves on the laws surrounding police engagement.

Personal life
Coates is married and has with her husband a daughter and a son. Troughout her life she has been a supporter of Civil Rights and Women Rights issues.