"May It Please Her Honor": The United States' First Women Judges, 1870-1930
Between 1870 and 1930, hundreds of women served as judges in the United States. While a small number compared to the men who served, these pathbreaking official
On this date in 1912, Chief Justice Marshall's great-niece became the 1st woman selected in the primaries for the Cal. Superior Court. She lost, but 100s of other women served as judges in the surrounding decades. They've mostly been forgotten... until now.
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Stanford Center for Law and History Fellowship | Stanford Law School
The Stanford Center for Law and History is hiring a new fellow! An amazing opportunity for legal historians planning to go on the academic market in the next few years.
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Re US v. #Skrmetti:
Some commentators (e.g., @mjsdc.bsky.social) are arguing that conservative #SCOTUS justices are cherry picking citations to foreign laws and policies.
They did the exact same thing in Obergefell v. Hodges (same-sex marriage case), as I argued in YJIL: ssrn.com/abstract=263...
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Advanced doctoral students, early career faculty, and recent J.D.s: Doing work in legal history, broadly defined? Apply for the 2025 Hurst Institute in Legal History, a two week workshop and seminar in June. Deadline 1/15/25. More info: www.law.wisc.edu/hurst-instit...
01.12.2024 20:31 — 👍 20 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 0
What a delight to be in Malibu to share a paper on law and religion at @pepperdine.bsky.social Caruso School of Law.
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Interesting conference this morning at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.
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