From Above the Law authored by Kathryn Rubino: “Women attorneys know the score. They know that despite what equality might demand, the reality of life in the courtroom means dealing with all sorts of sexist BS. And one way things just aren’t fair is how women and men are judged differently when they get angry. […]
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Lawyers on the Border Still Dealing With Fallout From Family Separations
From TIME authored by Maya Rhodan: “When the Trump Administration started separating families at the U.S. border, Jodi Goodwin all but stopped working as a private attorney in Texas to do pro bono work for people who had been affected. Even though the Administration ended the policy over two months ago, her work isn’t finished. In June, […]
How Sexism Follows Women From the Cradle to the Workplace
From The New York Times authored by Jim Tankersley: “White women born in parts of the United States where sexist attitudes are more prevalent grow up to earn less and to work less than women born elsewhere, relative to men born in those same states, new economic research shows.” That impact on career and salary […]
Mel Mermelstein Survived Auschwitz, Then Sued Holocaust Deniers in Court
From Smithsonian.com authored by Patrick Sauer: “In October 1981, Judge Thomas Johnson made an announcement. After deliberation, he had accepted a fact into judicial notice—a legal term for a fact accepted in a court as true without the need to produce evidence. The Holocaust, said Johnson, was an indisputable fact. The pronouncement seems slightly ludicrous […]
Utah Nears Licensing of Paralegals to Practice Law in Limited Circumstances
From LawSites authored by Bob Ambrogi: “Utah is on track to become the second state to license non-lawyers to practice law in limited circumstances, similar to the limited license legal technician(LLLT) program pioneered by Washington state. The Utah Supreme Court has approved a new class of legal professional called the licensed paralegal practitioner. New rules governing LPPs take effect Nov. […]
The Costs of Motherhood Are Rising, and Catching Women Off Guard
From The New York Times authored by Claire Cain Miller: “An economic mystery of the last few decades has been why more women aren’t working. A new paper offers one answer: Most plan to, but are increasingly caught off guard by the time and effort it takes to raise children. The share of women in […]
The DNC just served Wikileaks with a lawsuit over Twitter
From Mashable authored by Matt Binder “Wikileaks just got served with a tweet. On Friday, the law firm representing the Democratic National Committee served Wikileaks with a single tweet, linking to a number of legal documents related to its lawsuit against the organization founded by Julian Assange. Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll Process Server@ProcessServiceC @wikileaks […]
Houston Judge Issues Order Granting Pregnant Lawyers Automatic Trial Stays
From Texas Lawyer authored by John Council: “Pregnant litigators already have enough to worry about without trial dates getting in the way of due dates. So Houston state district Judge Ravi Sandill recently issued a standing order that grants expecting lawyers an automatic continuance of a trial setting in his court for up to 120 days before the […]
She was told to cover up while breast-feeding at the pool. Here’s how these moms are responding.
From The Lily authored by Torey Van Oot: “Since giving birth to her son, Roman, in April, Stephanie Buchanan has breast-fed whenever and wherever she needed — whether she was hanging at the park, shopping at Walmart or grabbing a bite at Wendy’s. So when her baby started to fuss during a recent trip to […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says She Will Serve ‘At Least Another 5 Years’ on the Supreme Court
From TIME authored by Billy Perrigo: “Left-leaning Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Sunday she plans to spend “at least another five years” on the Supreme Court, in remarks that may comfort liberals as President Donald Trump’s second nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, is likely to herald a rightward shift for the country’s highest court. “I’m now 85,” Ginsburg said. “My […]
