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May 18, 2022

Women Trial Lawyers in a Post-Pandemic Practice

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Deborah Chang

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Women Trial Lawyers in a Post-Pandemic Practice

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

In 1878, Clara Shortridge Foltz, a single mother whose husband had abandoned her and their five children, wanted to take the bar examination in California to better her life and become a lawyer. Unfortunately, the law at that time restricted the persons who could become members of the bar to only white males. Undaunted, she authored a state bill that replaced the w...

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