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Female Chiefs Have Words Of Advice: "Your Honor", Scott Graham Oct 2010

Female Chiefs Have Words Of Advice: "Your Honor", Scott Graham

Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture Series

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Gender, Affirmative Action, And Recruitment To The Federal Bench, Elliot E. Slotnick Sep 2010

Gender, Affirmative Action, And Recruitment To The Federal Bench, Elliot E. Slotnick

Golden Gate University Law Review

In the analysis which follows, an effort will be made to assess the historical record of the appointment of women to the federal bench. Extended consideration will be given to the Carter administration's judicial recruitment behavior in an effort to assess the thrust and implications of the President's affirmative action concerns. How successful was Carter in appointing women to the federal judiciary and how did the women appointees differ, if at all, from their male colleagues? Do women appointees follow a different "path" to the bench than males? Did affirmative action "dilute" the quality of the federal bench as many …

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Women Judges: A Preface To Their History, Beverly B. Cook Sep 2010

Women Judges: A Preface To Their History, Beverly B. Cook

Golden Gate University Law Review

A special concern of this paper is the presence of women at the top of the judicial hierarchy. Understanding why women are (or are not) able to move up the opportunity structure requires data on the number and percentage of women on these prestigious courts. Appendix I provides a list arranged by state of every woman who has served on a prestigious court. The following examines the relationship between the increase in the number of positions in the courts and the presence of women. The next section examines the steps in the opportunity structure to prestigious judgeships, and the gatekeeping …

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The Woman Has Robes: Four Questions, Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson Sep 2010