She will be Black, female and serving on the highest court in the land; the first time in its 232-year history. Coincidentally, the nomination will be official at the end of February, Black History Month and fulfills a 2019 campaign promise by President Joe Biden.
Read MoreIn the popular CBS-TV show, “All Rise,” Lola Carmichael, a Black judge who is newly appointed to the bench, fights for justice with her female-led, diverse and inclusive team. They all wear gorgeous outfits and tend to their complicated and fulfilling personal lives outside the courtroom. They share wisdom, prevail at work, network, laugh; they are all perceived as powerful.
Read MoreThirty-one years ago, Wendy Murphy graduated from New England Law School in Boston, and began working as a prosecutor viewing up close what she found as the mistreatment of women under the law as women held fewer legal protections than men.
Read MoreWhat’s fair is fair.
Read MoreShe’s relevant, hip, influential and inspiration for tattoos.
Read MorePop culture role models for female lawyers over the past several years range from the hilarious underdog Elle Woods in “Legally Blonde” to the relentless “Judge Judy,” the ruthless Annalise Keating in “How To Get Away With Murder” and the real-life depiction by Edie Falco playing defense attorney Leslie Abramson in the upcoming NBC anthology series Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders.
Read MoreSure, Viola Davis portraying Analise Keating, the brilliant attorney and law professor in ABC-TV’s “How To Get Away With Murder” may have changed the image of successful female lawyers, but women attorneys in this country in real life are not getting away with much.
Read MoreReaching full equality in the legal field is an important and ongoing struggle, but it is not a challenge to shy away from. A law firm is a living and malleable thing that is constantly changing. Recognizing the benefit of creating, fostering, and relying on diversity in your law firm is a smart way to run a business.
Read MoreWhen Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg emerged from their private worlds of practice and teaching onto the public stage in the early 1970’s, the women’s movement was actively moving to become the next legal social movement. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 which passed in the wake of the racial social movement also barred discrimination on the basis of sex, and women’s movement lawyers were starting to bring cases under it. Then, in the heady days of the 1970’s, anything seemed possible.
Read MoreWorking Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers, LLC have released their annual list of the 50 best U.S. law firms for women. The firms that made the cut are leading the way in promoting and retaining female talent, supporting flexible work arrangements, and getting women into top leadership positions.
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