The 30-year-old civil rights lawyer was scheduled to join the faculty at Howard University Law School in Washington, D.C., this fall, the university said Thursday.

Several people online paid tribute to Kiah Duggins, a 30-year-old civil rights attorney and former Miss Kansas contestant who was identified as one of the 64 people on board the American Airlines flight,

When I found out she got into Harvard Law. I mean, of course, she did,” one of her undergraduate professors said.

Kiah Duggins, a soon-to-be Howard University law professor, died in the mid-air crash near Reagan National Airport. Details emerge.

Civil rights attorney Kiah Duggins was among the 64 passengers and crew on the American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., that plunged into the Potomac River Wednesday evening after colliding with a military helicopter.

Kiah Duggins was among the passengers on American Airlines Flight 5342 that collided with a helicopter on Wednesday night.

Kiah Duggins, a Harvard graduate, former Miss Kansas contestant, and attorney, has been identified as one of the victims of the deal collision between a commercial plane and an Army helicopter near Washington D.