Jane Kelly Confirmed as Second Woman Judge on the US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Jane Kelly, an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Iowa, has been nominated by President Obama to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. If she is confirmed, she would be only the second woman to serve as a judge in the Eighth Circuit. For information about the efforts to increase the number […]
Work-Life Balance, a Fraud?
More on the topic of Work-Life Balance for a podcast of a discussion with lawyers Andrea Carlise, Shayna Steinfeld, and Melinda LeMoine of the difficult issues of balancing a career in the law with a personal life.
National Equal Pay Day Presidential Proclamation
NATIONAL EQUAL PAY DAY, 2013 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Over the past 4 years, the American people have come together to lift our economy out of recession and forge a foundation for lasting prosperity. Our businesses have created millions of new […]
Lawyers Club of San Diego to Hold First Annual Equal Pay Day Leadership Luncheon
Lawyers Club of San Diego, the 1000-plus member local bar association with the mission “to advance the status of women in the law and society,” will mark the 17th national observation of Equal Pay Day – the date to which women must work to earn what men earned the previous year – with a luncheon […]
Equal Pay Day Twitter Chat #EPLaw
On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 from 2:00 until 3:00 p.m. CT, join the ABA Gender Equity Task Force – Young Lawyer Social Media Working Group’s Equal Pay Day Twitter Chat #EPlaw, featuring: Laurel G. Bellows – President, American Bar Association (@laurelbellows) Marcia D. Greenberger – Co-President, National Women’s Law Center (@nwlc) Yolanda Young – Founder, […]
Gender Equity on South African Courts?
South African Women Lawyers Association President, Noxolo Maduba, welcomed the news that of the 23 candidates who will be interviewed in Cape Town in early April for 11 judicial vacancies on various courts, 14 are women. This follows concern last year over the fact that of the four candidates submitted to the president to replace […]
NCWBA in the Blogosphere
Because of our June 2011 letter of support for a hearing in the United States Senate for federal judicial nominee Caitlin Halligan, we are getting some postive and negative blog mentions–most recently from the White House
Dawn Clark Netsch, a Woman Lawyer “First,” Dies at 86
Dawn Clark Netsch, the first woman to be nominated by a major political party to run for governor of Illinois, died on March 5. She graduated first in her class at Northwestern in 1952, at a time when women law students were few and far between. She began teaching law at Northwestern in 1965 at […]
MWL Announces Resources for Women Lawyers
THE MWL COMPENDIUM A comprehensive database of resources related to women in the legal profession Minnesota Women Lawyers is pleased to announce The MWL Compendium, an online database of local and national resources related to women in the legal profession. This project evolved from Minnesota Women Lawyer’s Strategic Plan and the strategic goal to “be […]
Illinois’ First Female Supreme Court Justice Mary Ann McMorrow Dies at Age 83
Retired Chief Justice of the Illinois State Supreme Court Mary Ann McMorrow has died. A true trailblazer for women in the law, she was generous in mentoring others.