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Feminism Today
The Personal Is Still Political
Summer 2008
Vol. 17, No. 1
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Feminism Today :
The Personal Is Still Political
by Ann Farmer
When registering for her first undergraduate classes at New York University (NYU) in fall 2002, Jill Filipovic discovered that she'd been automatically assigned to a women's studies class. Her uncertainty about taking it grew when she had to fill out a questionnaire on the first day. It asked whether she identified herself as a feminist. (continue reading)
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The ABA Goal IX Commission Reports:
Tracking Progress and Trends
by Deborah L. Rhode and Diane C. Yu
In 1986, the American Bar Association approved Goal IX - "To promote full and equal participation in the legal profession by minorities" - and established the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity with Dennis Archer as its inaugural chair. (continue reading)
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Women Supreme Court Clerks Striving for "Commonplace"
by Cynthia L. Cooper
Each summer, 37 lawyers arrive at the U.S. Supreme Court for yearlong stints. They are the law clerks: a quartet for each justice and one extra for the Chief Justice. (continue reading)
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ABA Commission on Women in the Profession: 20 Years of Championing Equality for Women Lawyers, 1987-2007
As the Commission on Women in the Profession concludes a year-long celebration of its 20th anniversary, this special Summer 2008 edition of Perspectives includes commentaries from the current Commission chair and each former chair on legal issues critical to women, the challenges to the Commission, and why the Commission's vigilant work is still needed today. (continue reading)
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Careers: Dual Degrees -
Double the Interest, Double the Worth
by Hannah Hayes
To most people, monitoring ice floes and penguin dives in the Antarctic seems a far cry from monitoring corporate liabilities and due diligence in a Washington, D.C., law office. But for Kristin Larson, it was a "logical trajectory" in her career. (continue reading)
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