From Law 21 authored by Jordan Furlong: “The last time I wrote about women and the law, it took weeks for the flames to die down. Only a glutton for punishment would return to this topic again. Ahem. So I’ve been collecting articles about the seemingly endless issue of the apparently insurmountable barrier to the […]
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Taylor Swift’s 10 Most Powerful Statements From Her Sexual Assault Trial Cross-Examination
From Glamour authored by Christopher Rosa: “Thursday (August 10) marks day four of Taylor Swift’s sexual assault trial against former KYGO radio host David Mueller—and it’s arguably the most important one so far. Why? Because Swift herself took the stand to testify against Mueller, and what she said is slowly making its way onto the Internet. […]
Even After the Glass Ceiling Yields, Female Executives Find Shaky Ground
From The New York Times authored by Julie Creswell: “For the better part of five years as the chief executive of the cosmetics giant Avon Products, Sheri McCoy battled collapsing sales, a plunging stock price, a bribery scandal in China and the constant drumbeat of an attack from an activist investor. On Thursday, Avon announced that […]
Some Truly Awful Things Can Happen During The Bar Exam
From Above the Law authored by Kathryn Rubino: “Bar exam 2017 has come and gone — nothing left now but waiting for the scores. But while you play the waiting game (and hopefully start packing for a killer bar exam trip) here’s something to distract you: bar exam horror stories!Seems we play this game every year, […]
Finding Joy in Feminism
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 […]
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 […]
One Biglaw Firm’s Embrace Of A Transgender Partner
From Above the Law authored by Kathryn Rubino: “Has the president’s awful early morning tweeting about banning transgender individuals from serving in the military — a move that is only likely to decrease military readiness and increase the risk of suicide — left you deeply upset about the state of the world? Well, there’s not much to be done about the president’s […]
Congresswomen Protested The House’s Outdated Dress Code With Sleeveless Friday
From Refinery 29 authored by Sarah Midkiff: “In the sweltering, D.C. heat, congresswomen on both sides of the aisle united to exercise their right to bare arms. No, that was not a typo. Their stand for a modernized dress code in the House of Representatives was spurred on when a number of political reporters were not […]
Here’s What Happened When I Had a Full-On Meltdown at Work
From She Knows authored by Dena Landon: “It had been a rough week during one of my busiest seasons at work. Co-workers kept missing deadlines; we’d undergone two acquisitions; and I had to make constant changes to an important document I was preparing. The last thing I needed was an email from my male […]
Are Donald Trump’s Tweets Self-Authenticating?
From Above the Law authored by Kelly Twigger: “I could not have imagined this time last year that Twitter would be the primary way that the President would communicate with the American people, but here we are. And he’s not the only one — we’ve seen Twitter wars resulting in lawsuits, and some folks are […]
