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Video of Judges Fletcher and Ikuta
By Judge Betty B. Fletcher • April 12, 2007 •Guest Bloggers and Profiles of Women in the Law
Click here to watch video of 9th Circuit judges Ikuta and Fletcher This post is cross-listed here.
Be Open to Change
By Deborah R. Schwarzer • March 13, 2007 •Guest Bloggers and Profiles of Women in the Law
By Deborah R. Schwarzer, Of Counsel, GCA Law Partners LLP I’m reluctantly realizing that I’m ancient. But with age comes history, experience and, with luck, perspective. When I attended the University of Chicago Law School in the early 80’s, women made up about 30% of the class. We weren’t pioneers; those in earlier classes served in that role. We weren’t all alike. And we didn’t have to wear those horrible blouses with the gigantic self-bows that women just a few years back had had to wear (I have incriminating pictures of my sister, also a J.D., in one of those).…
Profile: Judge Kim Wardlaw
By Amelia Hansen • March 07, 2007 •Guest Bloggers and Profiles of Women in the Law
Wardlaw Cut a Fast Track to Center of 9th Circuit By Amelia Hansen Daily Journal Staff Writer February 08, 2007 PASADENA - A turn of turtles inhabits Kim Wardlaw's chambers. Sparkling and vibrant, the small figurines appear on the judge's bookshelf and desk. They are unlikely visitors in a world filled with legal documents and books. "They remind me to slow down, to be thoughtful," Wardlaw said. "They remind me that everything doesn't have to be done today." In Aesop's terms, Wardlaw is certainly more hare than tortoise. Appointed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by President Clinton…