From Rachel Mariner: “It is 1984 and I am 17 and the University of Richmond has flown me down to their campus from Corning, New York to be interviewed for a scholarship. I think I am very cool for flying by myself and smoke in the back of the plane. My host student takes me to […]
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Women Entrepreneurs-Presented by First Security, Featuring Arkansas GIRL ATTORNEY™ Victoria Leigh
From ISSUU: Arkansas Girl Attorney Victoria Leigh is presented as one of First Security Bank’s Women Entrepreneurs on Page 25. “Leveraging technology and employing a flexible pricing structure Victoria “Tori” Leigh has blazed a trail for so-called modern law firms in Little Rock. She said such elements, products of generational differences, are important points of […]
Sonia Sotomayor tore apart partisan gerrymandering with one simple, devastating question
From Business Insider authored by Mark Joseph Stern: “Throughout Tuesday’s oral arguments in Gill v. Whitford, Justice Anthony Kennedy and the Supreme Court’s left-leaning justices grilled Wisconsin’s attorneys with tough questions that suggest a majority of the court is prepared to impose constitutional limits on political redistricting. The highlight of the hour came when Justice Sonia Sotomayor posed […]
High Anxiety As First Student Loan Forgiveness Program ‘Graduates’ Await Relief This October
From Forbes authored by Diane Hembree: “For debt-ridden Americans in federal student loan forgiveness programs, October is a month of hope and trepidation. The first wave of college graduates who were accepted into the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program 10 years ago and made their payments faithfully each month are eagerly waiting to find out […]
The Fantasy of a Female Hugh Hefner
From Medium authored by Ann Friedman: “In the wake of Hugh Hefner’s death, I’m not interested in arguing about whether the Playboy founder was a sexual pioneer or a feminist. You know what’s not novel and transgressive? Rich white men in mansions enjoying access to women’s bodies and presenting their lifestyle as the height of culture. But […]
Under New French Law, Retouched Photos Of Models Must Bear Warning Label
From HuffPost authored by Dominique Mosbergen “Photoshopping models in fashion ads has become such a norm that when companies choose not to retouch their commercials, it makes headlines. France, however, is on a crusade to change that standard. As of Sunday, a new French law mandates that any commercial photo in which the “body of the model has been […]
San Diego attorney was among those killed in Las Vegas concert shooting
From The San Diego Union-Tribune authored by Karen Kucher and Dana Littlefield: “Friends have identified one of the concertgoers killed in the Las Vegas mass shooting Sunday night as San Diego attorney Jennifer T. Irvine. Irvine, 42, was at the Route 91 Harvest Festival with friends when she was killed. Kyle Kraska, sports director for […]
Kansas Attorney MaKenzi D. Higgins Receives American Bar Association Recognition
From The Kansas City Star authored by PRWeb: Attorney MaKenzi D. Higgins, a founding partner of Higgins & Corder, LLC, was recently nominated as an Associate Judge for the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Awards and Subgrants Committee. The committee is responsible for judging the awards of achievement applications, judging the general subgrant applications, and […]
Netflix asked a ‘Stranger Things’ pop-up bar to shut down with this humorous cease-and-desist letter
From Business Insider authored by John Lynch: “An unauthorized “Stranger Things” pop-up bar in Chicago’s Logan Square has drawn crowds since it opened last month, but Netflix is now asking the bar to shut down after its designated six-week run. The company’s request to the pop-up bar’s creators came in the form of a cease-and-desist letter filled with bizarre “Stranger Things” […]
Jordan just appointed its first-ever female Supreme Court judge
From Step Feed authored by Rayana Khalaf: “Jordanian Judge Ihsan Zuhdi Barakat has broken the glass ceiling as the first-ever female judge in the kingdom’s Supreme Court, Jordanian news agency Petra reported on Thursday. In the Judicial Council’s recently-announced promotions, the Amman Court of Appeal judge has been promoted to the Supreme court, becoming the first Jordanian woman to ever reach […]
