Highlights the challenges facing women practitioners in the criminal legal system and the unfortunate trend of women leaving the profession.
Provides recommendations to address the concerns specific to women in the criminal legal profession; and raise the influence and profile of women practitioners.
Maryam Ahranjani, TF Reporter -- Ron & Susan Friedman Professor of Law, University of New Mexico School of Law
Carla Laroche, Co-Chair -- Felder-Fayard Associate Professor of Law, Tulane University Law School
Tina Luongo, TF Co-Chair -- Attorney-in-Charge, Criminal Defense Practice, The Legal Aid Society of New York City
Lara Bazelon, TF Member -- Professor of Law, Director of the Criminal & Juvenile Justice and Racial Justice Clinics, University of San Francisco School of Law
The Honorable Gloria Ochoa-Bruck, TF Member -- Spokane Municipal Court
Barbara Creel, TF Member -- Karelitz Professor of Law, University of New Mexico School of Law
April Frazier Camara, TF Member -- President & CEO, National Legal Aid and Defender Association
The Honorable Bernice Donald, TF Member -- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (retired)
Daniela Donoso, TF Member -- Staff Attorney, Legal Services of North Florida
Maria Carmen Hinayon, TF Member -- Compliance and Policy Investigator, University of California Davis
The Honorable Denise Langford-Morris, TF Member -- JAMS Mediator and Arbitrator, Oakland County Circuit Court (retired)
Ann Ratnayake Macy, TF Member -- Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, American University Department of Justice, Law, and Criminology
The Honorable Rachel Pickering, TF Member -- Kansas Court of Appeals
Sarah Redfield, TF Member -- Professor of Law (emerita), University of New Hampshire School of Law
Lieutenant Colonel Susan Upward, TF Member -- Judge Advocate, U.S. Marine Corps
Pulling Back the Curtain: A Follow-Up Report from the ABA Criminal Justice Section's Task Force: Women in Criminal Justice.
ABA Journal article on the report.
The Formation and Work of the ABA CJS Women in Criminal Justice Task Force