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Women At The Bar—A Generation Of Change, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Jan 1978

Women At The Bar—A Generation Of Change, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Seattle University Law Review

This lecture, delivered at the University of Puget Sound School of Law, addresses the evolving role of women in the legal profession.

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The Michigan Abortion Refusal Act, G. Michael White Jan 1975

The Michigan Abortion Refusal Act, G. Michael White

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Since the United States Supreme Court handed down the landmark decisions of Roe v. Wade andDoe v. Bolton, which placed constitutional limitations, on state regulation of abortions, efforts have been made on the federal and state levels to blunt the effect of those cases. One prevalent reaction has been the enactment of state "conscience clause" legislation, such as the Michigan Abortion Refusal Act, which seeks to extend to all hospitals the right to refuse admission of abortion patients. This legislative note will consider whether the Michigan conscience clause is legally necessary to ensure the right it seeks to …

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Legal Dimensions Of Women's Liberation: An Overview, Robert A. Sedler Apr 1972

Legal Dimensions Of Women's Liberation: An Overview, Robert A. Sedler

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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Equal Rights For Women: The Need For A National Policy, Julia C. Lamber Apr 1971

Equal Rights For Women: The Need For A National Policy, Julia C. Lamber

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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Discrimination Against Women In Employment In Higher Education, Alan Miles Ruben, Betty J. Willis Jan 1971

Discrimination Against Women In Employment In Higher Education, Alan Miles Ruben, Betty J. Willis

Cleveland State Law Review

Having been forced to adjust the structure of academic governance and the design of the curriculum responsively to large-scale student protest, it now appears that universities will have to rework their traditional patterns for the appointment, compensation and promotion of faculty and administrative staff to satisfy the demands being made by the women's liberation movement for an end to sexist employment practices.

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Women In The Law, James J. White Jan 1967

Women In The Law, James J. White

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IN 1869 Belle A. Mansfield, reputedly the first female lawyer admitted to practice in the United States, was admitted to the state bar of Iowa. Others soon followed her and this dribble of women entering the legal profession has grown to a persistent and continuous trickle in the twentieth century, but it shows no signs of becoming a flood. At last count approximately 7,000 out of America's 300,000 listed lawyers were women. Since the practice of law-even in the most masculine and aggressive Perry Mason style-does not require a strong back, large muscles, or any of the other peculiarly male …

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