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1516 ABA Journal Women in the Law articles.

Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News

ABAJournal.com: “Sotomayor Hinted at Legal Concerns over Terrorism War in 2003 Lecture” Caucus (New York Times): “Sotomayor: In Her Own Words” CBS News: “Poll: Sotomayor Still An Unknown” Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog: “Bork Reconsidered, Part II” National Law Journal: “Senate Lawyers Toil Behind the Scenes in Preparation for…

Jun 17, 2009 10:57 PM CDT

Scholar Martha Minow Named Harvard Law Dean

Longtime law professor and noted scholar Martha Minow was named dean of the top-tier Harvard Law School today. Starting July 1, Minow succeeds Elena Kagan, who left Harvard to become President Obama’s solicitor general. In making the announcement, Harvard President Drew Faust described Minow as “an intellectual leader, a devoted…

Jun 12, 2009 9:50 PM CDT

Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News

ABAJournal.com: “Anita Hill Talks About Sotomayor and Her Own Clarence Thomas Testimony” ABAJournal.com: “Sotomayor Used ‘Wise Latina’ Line More than Once” Associated Press: “GOP Leader Not Ruling Out Blocking Sotomayor” Blog of Legal Times: “GW Prof to Advise Cornyn on Sotomayor Nomination” Christian Science Monitor: “Sotomayor a racist? Hardly, South…

Jun 5, 2009 10:26 PM CDT

Attorneys Among Thrifty Shoppers Who Recycle Gently Used Suits, Wedding Dress

Anyone can spend a lot of money to purchase expensive clothes. But some attorneys are among a seemingly increasing group of thrifty shoppers who see no reason to spend more when they can get the same pre-worn merchandise for less—or sometimes even for free. And, on the other side of…

Jun 5, 2009 7:51 PM CDT

Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News

ABAJournal.com: “Sotomayor App Shows White House Called Days Before Souter Announced Retirement” ABAJournal.com: “Sotomayor Described as Intense, Chain-Smoking, Caffeinated Prosecutor” Atlanta Journal-Constitution (opinion): “‘Racist’ isn’t term to use lightly” Christian Science Monitor: “Sotomayor on Tape: What She Said in Firefighter Race Case” CQPolitics: “Sotomayor Completes Questionnaire; Leahy Calls for Prompt…

Jun 4, 2009 11:57 PM CDT

Sotomayor App Shows White House Called Days Before Souter Announced Retirement

A fast-track approach to the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to a seat on the nation’s highest court continued today, as the White House provided a large compilation of documents, opinions and financial disclosures to the Senate Judiciary Committee “bragging that it was delivering the information … faster than [for]…

Jun 4, 2009 11:28 PM CDT

Littler Mendelson Tops Ranking for Female Lawyers

Littler Mendelson is ranked No. 1 in a new study for having the greatest percentage of female lawyers and partners. Women make up 43.9 percent of the firm’s lawyers and 29 percent of its partners, according to the results. Overall, women made up 34 percent of the lawyers at the…

Jun 3, 2009 1:21 PM CDT

Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News

ABAJournal.com: “Goldstein of SCOTUSblog Is ‘Attorney, Blogger, Walking Sound-Bite Machine’” Associated Press: “Sotomayor counters GOP critics over bias claims” Associated Press: “Singlehandedly Raising a Supreme Court Nominee” Blog of Legal Times: “7th Circuit Ruling Agrees With Sotomayor on Second Amendment” Bloomberg: “Sotomayor May Have Some Unlikely Allies to Answer Gun…

Jun 2, 2009 10:31 PM CDT

More Tips on Top Sites

“Law Firm Websites That Work,” April, was of particular interest to me, as law is a career change and I have worked in the fields of advertising, marketing and public relations. Before becoming an attorney in 1999, I did dabble in lawyer advertising as far back as the mid-80s and did work on websites for lawyers in the ’90s. I now maintain and market my own website.

Jun 2, 2009 4:10 AM CDT

Allowing Our Differences to Unite Us

ABA helps to break down racial, sexual and disability barriers in the legal profession

Jun 2, 2009 4:00 AM CDT

Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News

ABAJournal.com: “Sotomayor was Mature, Well-Liked, Listened to Others, Yale Classmates Say” Daily Kos: “Why I Oppose Sotomayor” Dallas Morning News: “Cornyn doesn’t rule out filibuster of Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor” The Hill: “Sessions: Sotomayor vote by recess doubtful” Latina: “National Council of La Raza the Latino KKK? “ Los Angeles…

Jun 1, 2009 10:43 PM CDT

Sotomayor Was Mature, Well-Liked, Listened to Others, Yale Classmates Say

Despite some recent media accounts that depict U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as sharp-tongued, that isn’t how the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge struck many of her fellow Yale Law School students when they were on campus together in the Class of 1979. Contacted by the Yale…

Jun 1, 2009 6:41 PM CDT

Despite Salary Freeze, D.C. Lawyer Pockets More Money—Selling Mary Kay

A frustrated Washington, D.C., lawyer may not be driving a pink Cadillac, but she is pocketing an extra $400 to $500 a month selling Mary Kay cosmetics. The unidentified lawyer owes $150,000 in law student loans, but isn’t getting a pay raise to help out from her law firm, which…

Jun 1, 2009 2:18 PM CDT

Nancy Drew a Big Draw for Supreme Court’s Female Justices

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor was a big fan of Nancy Drew when she was a child, but she later switched allegiance to Perry Mason and decided she wanted to be a lawyer rather than a detective. If Sotomayor is confirmed to the Supreme Court, she will have…

Jun 1, 2009 1:15 PM CDT

Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News

Dallas Morning News: “Does Pete Sessions agree that Judge Sotomayor is a racist?” Washington Post (op-ed): “A Smile to Set the GOP on Edge” Associated Press: “Debate Over Who Sotomayor Is a Sensitive One” Washington Post: “In Supreme Court Fight, Code Words Abound” ABAJournal.com: “Nomination Buzzwords: Empathy Is Out, Judicial…

May 29, 2009 9:24 PM CDT

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