Hope Murphy Tyehimba is a Senior Associate General Counsel in the Office of the Vice President and General Counsel at The Johns Hopkins University, where she is co-lead of the Student Affairs and Employment Matters Practice Group. At Hopkins, Hope advises on matters involving students and employees, including, discrimination, harassment and retaliation, affirmative action, diversity, equity and inclusion, privacy issues, progressive discipline and student conduct, sexual misconduct and violence, disability-related accommodations, campus safety, admissions, and policy review.
Prior to joining Hopkins, Hope served as general counsel at North Carolina Central University, a constituent institution in the University of North Carolina System, where she was chief legal advisor to the Board of Trustees, chancellor, vice chancellors and other senior campus administrators. Hope’s other experiences in higher education include serving in assistant general counsel roles at NCCU, North Carolina State University and East Carolina University. Before transitioning to higher education, Hope worked as an assistant attorney general at the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office and as a senior associate in private practice.
Hope received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Political Science from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Juris Doctorate degree from The University of North Carolina School of Law, where she was a member of the Holderness Moot Court, a recipient of the Gressman & Pollitt Oral Advocacy Award and a member of The Order of Barristers.