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Jen Ang<p>For <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IWD2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IWD2025</span></a> 💜 I talked to Beste Yasav about lessons learned as a migrant woman in law - the importance of wellbeing and balance 🪷 - and top tips for aspiring <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> lawyers 👩🏻‍⚖️</p><p>🎧 Listen here:<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0kZPm6cYQGOK9X5egtIwjj" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/episode/0kZPm</span><span class="invisible">6cYQGOK9X5egtIwjj</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/InternationalWomensDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalWomensDay</span></a> 💜<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WomenInLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UntilThereAreNine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UntilThereAreNine</span></a> 🙋🏻‍♀️</p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 6 Feb 1987, Mary Gaudron QC was the first woman to be sworn as a justice in the High Court of Australia.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AustralianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>
chmlaw<p>Attorney Lauren Bostick Honored As One Of the Most Influential Women In Law</p><p>September 12, 2024 at 03:58PM</p><p><a href="https://ift.tt/fejES5D" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ift.tt/fejES5D</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>We're proud to announce that our very own Lauren Bostick has been named one of the "Most Influential Women in Law" for 2024! Her unwavering dedication to clients and community truly sets her apart. Join us in congratulating Lauren for this remarkable achievement! ? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomenInLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegalExcellence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalExcellence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CHMlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CHMlaw</span></a></p>
Nikolaus Forgó<p>Weil es außer Hochwasser noch was Anderes gibt: Heute 17.00 Uhr spreche ich mit Hande Özkayagan Prändl und Adriana Winkelmeier in <a href="https://wien.rocks/tags/arsboni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arsboni</span></a> über <a href="https://wien.rocks/tags/womeninlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>womeninlaw</span></a>.<br>Link: <a href="https://youtube.com/live/c6rQScrG4Io?feature=share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/live/c6rQScrG4Io?f</span><span class="invisible">eature=share</span></a></p>
Court of Justice of the EU<p>👩⚖️ On <a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/tags/InternationalDayofWomenJudges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalDayofWomenJudges</span></a>, we’d like to celebrate the remarkable women judges of the European Court of Justice. <br>🎉 Today, let's honour their dedication and achievements. <a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/tags/WomenInLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInLaw</span></a> <a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/tags/ECJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ECJ</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 6 Feb 1987, Mary Gaudron QC was the first woman to be sworn as a justice in the High Court of Australia.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AustralianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 27 Jan 1920, Mary Selina Share Jones becomes the first woman to join Gray's Inn in London as a student. No photo of her is online.</p><p>Membership of an Inn is a requirement for barristers in England and Wales. Until Dec 1919, women were barred from joining.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 8 Jan 1925, the first all-woman Supreme Court in the USA meets for the first time in Texas.</p><p>Hortense Sparks Ward, Hattie Leah Henenberg and Ruth Virginia Brazzil are all appointed to hear a case involving the “Woodmen of the World” fraternal association. As most judges and attorneys in the state were members, they had had to recuse themselves.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
Noah News US English<p>Nation honors Sandra Day O'Connor, pioneer of justice <a href="https://noah-news.com/us/en/news/2023/12/19/nation-honors-sandra-day-oconnor-pioneer-of-justice" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">noah-news.com/us/en/news/2023/</span><span class="invisible">12/19/nation-honors-sandra-day-oconnor-pioneer-of-justice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SandraDayO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SandraDayO</span></a>'Connor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/womeninlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>womeninlaw</span></a></p>
Al Jazeera (unofficial)The first woman to become a US Supreme Court Justice has died at the age of 93 after a long battle with Alzheimers. Sandra Day O'Connor spent 25 years on the...<a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=AlJazeeraEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlJazeeraEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=SandraDayOConnor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SandraDayOConnor</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=SupremeCourtJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourtJustice</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=WomenInLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInLaw</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU-_hBoKtec" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Sandra Day O'connor dies, first woman on US supreme court was 93</a>
AAPB<p>It is with a heavy heart that we remember <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SandraDayOConnor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SandraDayOConnor</span></a>, the trailblazing first woman Supreme Court justice who passed away today. Today, we honor her enduring legacy and the unforgettable mark she left on the justice system.</p><p>Watch the full interview: <a href="https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-c0004b99161" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">americanarchive.org/catalog/cp</span><span class="invisible">b-aacip-c0004b99161</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicbroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicbroadcasting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aapb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aapb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mediaarchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mediaarchives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publictv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publictv</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wgbh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wgbh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gbh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gbh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/americanhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>americanhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SandraDayOConnor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SandraDayOConnor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/supremecourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>supremecourt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/womeninhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>womeninhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trailblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trailblazer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/womeninlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>womeninlaw</span></a></p>
Penn State Manglona Lab<p>“It is better to wear out than to rust out.”<br>~ Mary Ann Shadd Cary<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1stWoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1stWoman</span></a> student at Howard University<br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomenInLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInLaw</span></a></p><p><a href="https://thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/mary-ann-shadd-cary-howard-universitys-first-black-female-law-student-0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/</span><span class="invisible">mary-ann-shadd-cary-howard-universitys-first-black-female-law-student-0</span></a></p>
Penn State Manglona Lab<p>“I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.”<br>~Sandra Day O'Connor<br>associate justice, lawyer, state senator</p><p>1973: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1stWoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1stWoman</span></a> to serve as a state's Majority Leader, when she became the Majority Leader in the AZ State Senate</p><p>1981: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1stWoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1stWoman</span></a> nominated &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1stWoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1stWoman</span></a> confirmed as an Associate Justice of SCOTUS</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WHM2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WHM2023</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomenInLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInLaw</span></a></p>
Penn State Manglona Lab<p>Eliza "Lyda" Burton Conley<br>lawyer, activist<br>1902: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1stWoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1stWoman</span></a> admitted to the Kansas Bar &amp; believed to be the first Indigenous woman lawyer <br>1906: began &amp; led the successful fight to protect the Heron Indian Cemetery, n/k/a Wyandot Nat'l Burying Ground<br>1910: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1st" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1st</span></a> Indigenous woman, and third woman, to argue before SCOTUS<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomenInLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WHM2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WHM2023</span></a></p>
Penn State Manglona Lab<p>Soia Mentschikoff<br>lawyer, law professor<br>1942: as a law student, was named as the assistant to the chief reporter in drafting the Uniform Commercial Code<br>1947: became the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1stWoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1stWoman</span></a> to teach Harvard Law School<br>1949: named the associate chief reporter in drafting the UCC<br>1951: became the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1stWoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1stWoman</span></a> to teach at University of Chicago Law School<br> 1974: became the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1stWoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1stWoman</span></a> president of AALS, while dean of the University of Miami School of Law<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WHM2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WHM2023</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomenInLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInLaw</span></a></p>
Penn State Manglona Lab<p>How are Gideon's Day and Clara Shortridge Foltz connected?</p><p>OTD 1963, SCOTUS "issued the decision in Gideon v. Wainwright making sure citizens didn’t have to stand alone against the State when facing a criminal charge." ~Jason Howell<br><a href="https://amarillo.com/story/news/2023/03/18/gideons-day-60th-anniversary-celebration-is-march-18-2023/70020299007/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amarillo.com/story/news/2023/0</span><span class="invisible">3/18/gideons-day-60th-anniversary-celebration-is-march-18-2023/70020299007/</span></a> via <br>@amarilloglobe<br> <br>Clara Foltz<br>1878: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1stWoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1stWoman</span></a> lawyer in CA<br>1893: presented the concept of the public defender program @ the Chicago World's Fair &amp; drafted the model statute, codified in CA in 1921<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WHM2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WHM2023</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomenInLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInLaw</span></a></p>
Penn State Manglona Lab<p>Arabella Mansfield<br>lawyer, suffragist<br>1869: sat for Iowa State bar exam, even though it was restricted to "males over 21"<br>1869: became <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1stWoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1stWoman</span></a> admitted to licensed bar in US (IA)<br>Advocated for equal education opportunities and voting rights for women.<br><a href="https://manglonalab.org/legalherstorypioneers" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">manglonalab.org/legalherstoryp</span><span class="invisible">ioneers</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WHM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WHM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomenInLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInLaw</span></a></p>
Penn State Manglona Lab<p>1869 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1stWoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1stWoman</span></a> Admitted Lawyer:<br>Arabella Mansfield<br>⬇️<br>2023 All Women General Counsels at Chicago's major museums:<br>Lori Breslauer: Field Museum<br> <br>Catherine Casey: Shedd Aquarium</p><p>Pam Chen: Museum of Science &amp; Industry Chicago<br> <br>Leslie Darling: The Art Institute of Chicago<br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WHM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WHM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomenInLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInLaw</span></a><br><a href="https://www.manglonalab.org/usfirsts" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">manglonalab.org/usfirsts</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Penn State Manglona Lab<p>"I have a brain and a uterus, and I use both."<br>~Patricia Scott Schroeder<br>lawyer, member of congress<br>-1973: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1stWoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1stWoman</span></a> elected to <br>Congress from CO &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1stWoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1stWoman</span></a> on House Armed Serv. Comm.<br>-1977: founding member of Congress'l Women's Caucus</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WHM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WHM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomenInLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Equity</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.manglonalab.org/legalherstorypioneers" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">manglonalab.org/legalherstoryp</span><span class="invisible">ioneers</span></a></p>
Penn State Manglona Lab<p>“Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over."<br>~ Bella Abzug<br>lawyer, member of congress<br>1971-1977: member of US Congress from NY<br>1973: sponsored Equal Credit Opportunity Act<br>1974: sponsored the Equality Act<br>Authored the Comprehensive Child Development Act<br>1991: co-founded WEDO worldwide an international activist &amp; advocacy network</p><p>manglonalab.org<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistoryMonth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomenInLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInLaw</span></a></p>