SAN DIEGO -- By the time Abby Silverman Weiss started her first semester at the University of San Diego's School of Law, the oldest of her three children was just entering junior high. But when Silverman is pressed about whether being a woman -- and a mother in particular -- meant she faced more obstacles in her law career than, say, a man who isn't expected to take on the brunt of parenting work, she offered a gentle corrective.
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