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Spring 2009 Articles
- Women on Capitol Hill See Light Shining on a Long List by Cynthia L. Cooper
- Sign of the Times: Will Corporate Budget Restraints Affect In-House Diversity Initiatives? by Hannah Hayes
- Eliminating Barriers to Women's Advancement: Focus on the Performance Evaluation Process by Consuela A. Pinto
Winter 2009 Articles
- The Political Pillorying of Pantsuits: The Media's Gender Bias in the 2008 Presidential Campaign by Ann Farmer
- Collaboration Is Key: How Women Help Women Succeed by Hope Viner Samborn
- The AutoAdmit Scandal and Legal Remedies for Online Victimization by Kathryn E. Swisher
Fall 2008 Articles
- Roe's Mid-Life Crisis: Protecting Reproductive Health Rights by Ann Farmer
- Is Your Firm Suffering Diversity Fatigue? by Hannah Hayes
- Navigating Maternity Leave: How to Maintain Your Sanity and Your Career by Kelly Cullen
Summer 2008 Articles
- Feminism Today: The Personal Is Still Political by Ann Farmer
- The ABA Goal IX Commission Reports: Tracking Progress and Trends by Deborah L. Rhode and Diane C. Yu
- Women Supreme Court Clerks Striving for "Commonplace" by Cynthia L. Cooper
Spring 2008 Articles
- Restoring Human Dignity: Women Lawyers Push Back Against Human Trafficking by Cynthia L. Cooper
- Forging a Legal Career: Law Students, New Lawyers Share Their Stories by Stephanie B. Goldberg
- Well Armed for Legal Duty by Ann Farmer
Winter 2008 Articles
- Women Fight to Retain State Supreme Court Seats by Stephanie B. Goldberg
- Women Bar Presidents: Changing the Picture and Focus of Leadership by Cynthia L. Cooper
- From Courtroom to Campaign Trail: Legal Skills Play Well in Politics by Ann Farmer
Fall 2007 Articles
- Women Cover the Map in Immigration Law and Its Debates by Cynthia L. Cooper
- Changing Law Firm Culture: Flexible Work Arrangements by Ann Farmer
- Firms Create Programs Mentors and Mentees Can Sink Their Teeth Into by Hope Viner Samborn
Summer 2007 Articles
- Women's Employment Rights: Timing Is Key in Wage Discrimination Claims by Stephanie B. Goldberg
- Real Social Change: Women's Health Care Research Moves Forward While Advocates See New Needs by Cynthia L. Cooper
- Juggling Act: The Challenge of Taking Family Leave by Ann Farmer
Spring 2007 Articles
- The Rocky Road to the Ivory Tower by Ann Farmer
- Two Steps Backward? Number of Women Law School Applicants and Enrollees Down by Hope Viner Samborn
- Building a Better Law Firm: Managing Partners Shape the Business Model by Stephanie B. Goldberg
Winter 2007 Articles
- Diversity in the Legal Profession: What's Working, What Isn't - A Roundtable of Experts Speaks Up by Stephanie B. Goldberg
- All in the Family: Parent-Child Law Partners by Hannah Hayes
- International Lawyers Follow Their Passion for Human Rights, Rule of Law by Ann Farmer
Fall 2006 Articles
- It's Not Your Father's Law School: Women Change More Than the Landscape by Hope Viner Samborn
- Planning Their Work, Working Their Plan: Five Women Law Students Share Their Stories by Stephanie B. Goldberg
- Gender and the Law: Trends and Topics in Student Law Reviews by Hannah Hayes
- An Eye-Opening Tool for Wide-Eyed Law Students by Ann Farmer
- Online supplement: Helpful Tips for Landing a Federal Job (PDF)
- Women of Color: Why They Are Finding the Door Instead of the Glass Ceiling by Hannah Hayes
- Where I Lead, You Will Follow: Developing Women Lawyer Leaders by Ann Farmer
- Online supplement: Tips to organize a successful event to grow your contacts and advance your practice (PDF)
- Online supplement: Tips to organize a successful event to grow your contacts and advance your practice (PDF)
- NYC Bar Surveys Highlight Diversity Advances and Needs by Hope Viner Samborn
- Bend an Ear, Straighten Your Path: The Proactive Mentee by Ann Farmer
- The Right Mentor Matters: Law Firm Associat/women/perspectives/es Speak Up by Hope Viner Samborn
- New Voices Takes a New Look at Mentorship by Hannah Hayes
- Tipping the Scales: In Favor of a Balanced Workplace by Hannah Hayes
- So Long, Farewell, I'm Going to Iraq by Ann Farmer
- From Day One, Streams of Women Pour Out Katrina Disaster Relief by Cynthia L. Cooper
- Sandra Day O'Connor: The Center Vote That Counted by Hannah Hayes
- When Women Lawyers Act, the Violence Lessens by Ann Farmer
- Women Lawyers on TV: Moving Closer to Reality by Stephanie Goldberg
- Honoring the Unsung Heroes: Margaret Brent Awards Celebrate 15th Anniversary by Stephanie Goldberg
- Hillary Rodham Clinton: Leader of the Pack by Ann Farmer
- 10 Years and Counting: Gender Disparities in Salary and Advancement Continue in the Legal Workplace by Hope Viner Samborn
- When the Chief Justice Is a Woman . . . by Stephanie Goldberg
- Leah Sears: The Courage to Be First by Stephanie Goldberg
- Women Winners of the Plaintiffs' Bar by Hannah Hayes
- Tribal Court Stature and the Protection of Indian Women by Stacy L. Leeds
- Changing of the Guard: The Living Legacy of Four Leading Civil Rights Activists by Stephanie Goldberg
- Obstacles Confront Women in Prison and the Women Who Advocate for Them by Cynthia L. Cooper
- Death Penalty Lawyers: A Fight That Never Finishes by Ann Farmer
- Abortion Issue Divides, Distracts Us from Common Threats and Threads By Lynn M. Paltrow
- General Counsel Overcome Obstacles, Achieve Balance by Ann Simeo Heinz
- How to Play Sports Law for a Living by Jenny L. Klitch
- Hauwa Ibrahim: A Champion of Human Rights by Hannah Hayes
- Women AGs Throughout the Country Take on Tough Issues to Make Their Mark by Stephanie B. Goldberg
- The White House Project by Marie C. Wilson
- A Rose by Any Other Name: An Unexpected Lesson from Abu Ghraib by Juley Fulcher
- Educational Sharecropping: Gender Inequality in Student Loan Repayment by Tanisha Makeba Bailey
- Pro Bono Service: Doing Well by Doing Good by Esther F. Lardent
- Intersectionality: The Double Bind of Race and Gender interviewed by Sheila Thomas
- Choice in the Balance After Roe: Students Unite by Cari Sietstra
- Who's Minding the Kids? by Hannah Hayes
- A Sexual Harassment Retrospective by Stephanie B. Goldberg
- The Passage to Leadership: When Aha! Moments Build Confidence by Holly English
- Ten Tips for Transistioning into Leadership
- Five Women Law School Deans Tell the Truth edited by Stephanie B. Goldberg
- A Conversation with Nancy Pelosi a Perspectives interview
- Pearls of Wisdom: Getting an Early Start on Leadership by Victoria Rivkin
- Lifting Her Voice: A Conversation with Lani Guinier a Perspectives interview
- Wanted: Women's Rights Lawyers by N. Kay Bridger-Riley
- Women on the Hill by Lisa Stansky
- After the Decree: Making Diversity Programs Stick by Stephanie B. Goldberg
- Charting Our Future: Hearings on the Status of Women in the Law from our colleagues in Seattle
- Addressing Violence Against Women: Where Are We Today? by Olivia DeBlasio
- Tales of Recession: A Primer for New Firms by Lottie L. Joiner
- Federal Judgeships and the Gender
vs. Ideology Debate with Reporting by Jessica Dulong
- Gender Bias in the Courts by Hope Viner Samborn
- Moms v. Non-Moms by Cynthia L. Cooper
- Women and Mentoring by Ida O. Abbot
- Top Government Appointees by Deborah Guyol
- Crimes Against the Humanity of Women by Annemarie Micklo
