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8 lut 2024 · As the first Black woman appointed to the Supreme Court in 2022, Ketanji Brown Jackson cemented her place as a trailblazer in the American legal system. Her pivotal nomination by President Joe Biden and subsequent confirmation by the Senate broke barriers in the Supreme Court’s 232-year history.
1 lut 2021 · We’re proud to share the story of six Black female lawyers that smashed the glass ceiling and changed the American legal landscape. These women paved the way for other aspiring Black female lawyers by leading with courage even as they were met with adversity.
7 sie 2019 · In the legal field, a popular refrain parried at women and people of color is “you don’t look like a lawyer.”. A series of interviews with black female lawyers in elite law firms reveals a ...
This article, which is based on the findings presented in the full report, focuses specifically on issues of intersectionality by highlighting key areas in which gender differences among black law graduates are particularly salient.
21 lut 2019 · As a tribute to Black History Month, the ABA Journal decided to narrow our focus and honor 14 groundbreaking Black lawyers—including two past ABA presidents, Dennis Archer and Paulette Brown.
29 lip 2020 · The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession’s Left Out and Left Behind report focuses on the experiences of women of color in law firms and released in June, right as our nation was entrenched in examining systemic racism.
25 lut 2021 · In honor of Black History Month, The Geller Law Group is paying homage to five groundbreaking Black female lawyers who made herstory. Here are their stories. Charlotte E. Ray. Charlotte Ray was the first African-American woman to graduate from a law school and the first to formally practice law in the U.S.
