Faʻasino i le fuaitau o loʻo i lalo ona tali lea o le fesili mulimuli ane i le gagana lava e tasi e pei o le fuaitau: Faʻamatalaga: Na ola aʻe i le Chicago suburb o Park Ridge, na faʻauʻu Clinton mai le Wellesley College i le 1969 ma maua ai le Juris Doctor mai le Yale Law School i le 1973. Ina ua maeʻa ona galue o se faufautua faʻaletulafono a le Konekeresi, na siitia atu o ia i Arkansas ma faaipoipo i le peresetene o le lumanaʻi Bill Clinton i le 1975; na feiloaʻi le toʻalua i Yale. I le 1977, na ia faʻavaeina le Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. Na tofia o ia e avea ma uluaʻi tamaʻitaʻi taʻitaʻifono o le Legal Services Corporation i le 1978, ma avea ma paʻaga muamua tamaʻitaʻi i le Little Rock's Rose Law Firm i le tausaga na sosoʻo ai. I le avea ai o le tamaʻitaʻi muamua o Arkansas, na ia taʻitaʻia se vaega o galuega
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