From Houstonia authored by Sarah Rufca Nielsen (killer image by: Robert G. Gomez): “SOME DAYS ARE LONGER AND MORE TRYING THAN OTHERS for attorney Lisa L. Pittman. One of those was May 2, when the Texas House of Representatives held its first hearing on HB 2107, which would, she says, improve and expand the state’s fledging medical marijuana […]
Category Archives: GA-Curated
Memphis law firm names first African-American female partner
From Memphis Business Journal authored by Michelle Corbet: “Tannera Gibson has been with the firm for eight years.” Read the full story by FOLLOWING THIS LINK (which will then require you to be a subscriber to really get the whole story – and if you don’t live in TN, probably not gonna happen – but, regardless, I could not […]
Five Decades of Courtroom Artists Capturing What Cameras Can’t
From Hypoallergic authored by Allison Meier: “The Library of Congress selected examples from its collection of 10,000 courtroom drawings to show how artists are essential to public understanding of American trials. Camera use has gradually been allowed in state and federal courts since 1977. Although the role of the courtroom sketch has diminished, the practice […]
Justice Sonia Sotomayor – Part 1 of Law360’s Exclusive Interview
From Law360 authored by Ed Beeson: “The solicitor general from Utah had just started his argument when he uttered the words ‘an objectively reasonable miscalculation.’ Almost on a dime, Justice Sonia Sotomayor stopped him. ‘Tell me what was objectively reasonable about it,’ she said, referring to an unlawful police stop at the heart of a […]
Attorney Gloria Allred Will Take On Bill Cosby in California Civil Case
From Vulture authored by Natalie Hope McDonald: “‘You don’t know what a jury is going to do,’ said Gloria Allred, a civil-rights attorney representing 33 women who have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault. Allred, who’s perhaps best known for taking on high-profile cases involving women, has been watching Cosby’s sexual-assault trial closely from the benches of […]
Venus Ramey, War Bond-Selling, Gun-Toting Miss America Of 1944, Dead At 92
From The Huffington Post: “Venus Ramey, who used her victory as Miss America in 1944 to sell war bonds and make appearances on the vaudeville stage, has died at the age of 92, a funeral home in her native Kentucky said on Sunday. Ramey, at age 82 in 2007, thwarted an attempt to steal equipment […]
Self-Care for Women of Color At Work
From Ms. JD authored by Alnisa Bell: “’Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.’ — Audre Lorde The unfortunate reality for many women working outside of the home is that dynamics within the home still require that many women shoulder the burden of household chores and caregiving […]
The Best Celebrity Commencement Speeches of 2017 So Far
From She Knows authored by Madeline Somerville: “Being asked to give a commencement speech is a pretty big deal. It means that thousands of new grads will be eagerly hanging onto your every word, and when you’re a celeb, you know the speech will end up online within a matter of minutes. These six commencement speeches did […]
How to experience powerful education free of charge
From Thrive Global authored by Paul Ellsworth: “This week I will probably have hand cramps. When you work in high school, there are students who you have been pouring your life into for years. I’m going to write notes to many of those students who graduated this past weekend. As I was thinking about the advice […]
What All Managers Can Learn from Steve Harvey’s Latest Fiasco
From Thrive Global: “Few thought that TV personality Steve Harvey could incur more ire than he did after he mistakenly announced the wrong winner at the Miss Universe pageant. However, we were wrong. Now, the comedian turned talk show host is under fire for an internal email he sent employees which was later leaked revealing […]
