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Oct. 18, 2022
The Best Beloved Thing is Justice- The Life of Dorothy Wright Nelson
Nelson was in the second class at UCLA Law School; it was the 1950s, and she was one of two women in her class.
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My first meeting with Judge Dorothy Nelson, now a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, was in her chambers in Pasadena. I was applying for the single externship spot in her chambers for the Fall of 1990. She conducted the interview around the round table in her office, rather than at her more formal desk, and served punch and cookies.
Once I got the job, I saw her invite many others – visiting judges (including ...
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