College Years
Ackerman graduated from the University of Virginia in 1981, where she was among the school's first female scholarship athletes. She was a four-year starter, three-time captain and two-time Academic All-American for the women's basketball team. She earned her B.A. in Political and Social Thought. She also earned a law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and worked for two years as an associate at the New York law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
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