Career Women Break New Ground at EEOC G.M. Filisko For the first time in the history of federal agency boards, all five commissioners of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission are women—with a determination to make a difference in U.S. workplaces.
Career Separate and Unequal: Challenging the Criminalization of Pregnancy Behavior Cynthia L. Cooper Challenging medical, legal, and social issues arise when women are arrested for certain behaviors during pregnancy, from drug or alcohol use to missing prenatal care or declining caesarian surgery.
Career Perceptions of Success Are Different for Gen X and Gen Y Women Hannah Hayes While lawyers entering the profession in the 90’s and early twenty-first century changed the profession as they sought work-life balance, law school grads today face a rocky road strewn with mixed messages and a career path full of uncertain turns.
Career Worthy of Equal Respect Roberta Kaplan The powerhouse young corporate litigator who argued U.S. v. Windsor before the U.S. Supreme Court says the equivalent of the battle of Normandy in the struggle for the civil rights of gay people in the United States has now been won.
Career A Silver Anniversary, But No Resting on Laurels Bobbi Liebenberg In the wake of its 25th anniversary celebration, the Commission on Women in the Profession is committed to achieving gender equity, hard at work on new programs, initiatives, and publications to accelerate change in all aspects of women lawyers’ careers.