Hillary Clinton
Honorary doctorate from elite university
Hillary Clinton during the ceremony at Oxford University.
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The ex-first lady Hillary Clinton received a very special award: an elite British university awarded her an honorary doctorate.
The former US Secretary of State and ex-first lady Hillary Clinton (73) has received an honorary doctorate from the British elite University of Oxford. On Wednesday evening, the wife of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, 75, received the title in civil law.
Clinton was “enthusiastic” in a statement, as quoted by the BBC. On the evening of the ceremony Clinton posted on Instagram several pictures of the award and wrote: “I am delighted to receive an honorary doctorate in civil law on a fine day at Oxford University.”
Hillary met Bill Clinton while studying law
Before starting her political career, the Democrat worked as a lawyer and studied at the renowned Yale Law School in Connecticut, USA. There she met her future husband Bill in 1971. Until 1978 she was also a law professor at the University of Arkansas.