Community, Networking, & Education for Women Attorneys in the U.S.
From The New York Times authored by Maggie Astor:
“‘I remember being in second grade and looking at a poster of all the U.S. presidents and wondering why there wasn’t a woman,’ said Haley Zaker, 17, a high school senior in Lancaster. ‘I would joke about being the first female president. But I hope it doesn’t come to that, because I’m not eligible to run for president until 2040.’”
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From Fortune authored by Rachel King:
“Rent the Runway’s Closet Concierge service will be undergoing a soft launch at just four hotels initially: the W Aspen, the W South Beach (Miami), the W Washington, D.C., and the W Hollywood. ‘As we pilot the program, we’ll rely on customer feedback and subscription data to inform how we scale nationally,’ Hyman says.”
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From Above the Law authored by Nicole Black:
“I found the focus on the realities of having a lawyer-mom to be one of the best parts of the book, since it helps the children of lawyer-moms understand that lots of other families with lawyer-moms are out there. Importantly, it shows that their experience with having a mom who happens to be a lawyer isn’t unusual, and that lawyer-moms are great role models — and great moms.”
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From The Washington Post authored by Katie Sheperd:
“Diamond Peerman drove 2½ hours the Sunday before Thanksgiving to take her boyfriend’s 8-year-old daughter to visit him at a state prison in Dillwyn, Va. When a drug-sniffing dog fixated on the pair, a Buckingham Correctional Center guard told them they had to submit to strip-searches or else they could be banned from the prison, Peerman told The Washington Post. The young girl balked at the idea of removing her clothes in front of the uniformed strangers. ‘I told her, that means you have to take all of your clothes off or you’re not going to be able to see your dad,’ Peerman told the Virginian-Pilot, which first reported the search Thursday. ‘That’s when she started crying.’”
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From The New York Times authored by Michael Cooper:
“’From the very first encounter that she had with the orchestra, it was clear that there was something really special emerging there, a special kind of energy I have not seen before with this company,’ Mr. Shilvock said in an interview. ‘She’s a conductor who really opens her arms and invites the people around her in to make the very best music she can.’”
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From The Upworthy authored by Annie Reneau:
“The most pressing issues our world faces are not so much due to a lack of intelligence or knowledge, but rather a lack of shared values that compel us to care about one another. Without a foundation of basic human decency and kindness, knowledge and skill-building will only lead to more problems, while focusing more energy on kindness can only help build a better world for all of us.”
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From The Washington Post authored by Kat Jercich:
“Taking pronouns seriously signals that you’ve thought about what trans and gender-nonconforming people face. That doesn’t automatically make you an ally, which requires much more work, and pronouns aren’t a magic key to unlocking someone’s gender: Plenty of non-binary people use “she/her” or “he/him” pronouns, for example, or they might not be ready to out themselves in mixed company. But it does mean you’re at least trying to demonstrate basic respect — just like calling someone by the correct name.”
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From The Seattle Times authored by Cindy Boren:
“This year, she also became a vocal leader as the women’s national team sued the U.S. Soccer Federation for equal pay. Former first lady Michelle Obama sought to have her join a voter-participation initiative. It seems that everywhere she turned up, a headline followed.”
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From Glamour authored by Abby Gardner:
“’I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me, with my kind of skin and my kind of hair, was never considered to be beautiful,’ Tunzi said, according to the BBC. ‘I think that it is time that that stops today.’”
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From Los Angeles Times authored by Christie D’Zurilla:
“The rapper’s words apparently horrified New York state lawmakers Sen. Roxanne Persaud (D-Brooklyn) and Assemblywoman Michaëlle Solages (D-Nassau), who have filed bills in their respective legislative bodies that would make it illegal for medical practitioners to perform so-called virginity examinations. ‘Hymen examinations are completely unscientific and unethical,’ Solages tweeted Monday.”
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