From Medium authored by Jane Harkness: In high school, I didn’t know anyone who called themselves a feminist. “I would occasionally read an article about discrimination against women and find myself nodding in agreement, feeling like I could relate but unable to fully articulate why. Perhaps it was because I had heard feminists smeared as […]
Monthly Archives: August 2017
On Justice Ginsburg’s Summer Docket: Blunt Talk on Big Cases
From The New York Times authored by Adam Liptak: “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the most outspoken member of the Supreme Court, sometimes to her regret. Last year, she issued a statement saying that her criticisms of Donald J. Trump during the presidential campaign had been ill advised. “In the future,” she said, “I will […]
8 Ways to Deal with H8TERS
From Law Practice Today authored by Jeana L. Goosmann: “As a successful female lawyer, you will run into people who do not like you and talk bad about you. You will hear from moms who criticize your parenting, attorneys who disparage your legal work, online reviews that attack your image, a mother-in-law who doesn’t […]
Women Flying Solo: Success Stories from the Small Firm World
From Law Practice Today authored by Sara Kropf and Margaret Cassidy: “Since Ada H. Kepley became the first woman to graduate from law school in 1870, women have found success in the legal profession—in government, in corporate legal departments, in academia and on the bench. Even so, women have yet to match the success of […]
