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National Association Of Women Lawyers
The National Association of Women Lawyers is a voluntary organization founded in 1899 and based in the United States. Its aim is to promote women lawyers and women's legal rights.About NAWL nawl.org, Retrieved 20 February 2015 History The group was originally called the "Women Lawyers' Club", and was founded by 18 female lawyers in in 1899.NAWL Historynawl.org, Retrieved 20 February 2015Smith, Selma Moidel [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosalind Goodrich Bates
Rosalind Goodrich Bates (July 29, 1894 – November 14, 1961) was an American lawyer and clubwoman, based in Los Angeles, California. She was a founder and president of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA). Early life and education Rosalind Anita Goodrich Boido was born in 1894, in Sonsonate, El Salvador, the daughter of Norberto Lorenzo Boido Basozabal and Rosa Meador Goodrich Boido. Her father was born in Mexico and her mother was from Texas. Both parents were physicians; her mother was also active as a suffragist and temperance worker in Arizona. Rosalind Goodrich attended the University of Arizona, and graduated from the University of Oregon, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1917 and a master's degree in 1918. She earned a law degree from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, and passed the California bar in 1926, "one of the first Latina lawyers in the United States." Career After early work as an editor and actress in New York, Bates was a tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oda Faulconer
Oda Hunt Faulconer (November 10, 1884 - November 3, 1943) was an early 20th century lawyer and judge and the president of the Bank of Italy, San Fernando, and West Adams State Bank, Los Angeles. Early life Oda Faulconer was born in Springfield, Illinois on November 10, 1884, the daughter of August and Mary E. Hunt. Faulconer graduated from the University of Southern California Law School and was admitted to the Bar of Los Angeles in 1913. Career Oda Faulconer was an attorney-at-Law with a private practice at 1203 Loew State Building, Los Angeles. She was admitted to practice in all state and Federal Courts of California and the Supreme Court of United States on October 17, 1919, and later became a judge in August 1931. In 1926 Faulconer was the first vice-president of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association. The Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles was born by the merging of two women's bar organizations: the Women Lawyers' Club, founded in 1918, and the Women Lawyers' Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Pier
Kate Pier (June 22, 1845 – June 25, 1925) was an American court commissioner and the first woman in the United States to be conferred with judicial powers. Early life Kate Hamilton was born in St. Albans (town), Vermont, on June 22, 1845. Her father was John Hamilton and her mother Mary (née Meekin). Both parents were of Scots-Irish descent. When she was eight years old, the family moved to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. When 17, Hamilton graduated from Fond du Lac High School. She went on to teach in Empire, Wisconsin, and later in Fond du Lac for about three years. Career After her father died in 1870, her mother lived with her. With the inheritance she received from her father, she went to law school and became a lawyer. Her three daughters, Kate Hamilton Pier McIntosh, Caroline Hamilton Pier Roemer and Harriet Hamilton Pier Simonds, would also attend law school. A fourth daughter, Mary, died while a student at the German and English Academy in Fond du Lac. Mother and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavinia Marian Fleming Poe
Lavinia Marian Fleming Poe (1890–1974) was the first African American woman lawyer in Virginia, passing the bar exam in 1925. Biography Born Lavinia Marian Fleming on August 13, 1890 in Warwick County, Virginia to Archer R. Fleming, a blacksmith and former slave, and Florence M. Carter. She primarily grew up in Newport News, Virginia. In 1910 she married Abram James Poe, becoming Laviania Marian Fleming Poe. She was married and had two children when she decided to become a lawyer. Poe moved her family to Washington, D.C. where she worked as a bank teller and enrolled in Howard University Law School. She passed the Virginia bar in 1925, becoming the first African American woman to do so. She returned to Newport News where she began a practice. In 1927 she gained the necessary credentials to argue in front of the Supreme Court of Appeals in Virginia. Her practice continued through the 1960s. Poe was a member of the National Association of Women Lawyers and she served as sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida V
Ida or IDA may refer to: Astronomy *Ida Facula, a mountain on Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter *243 Ida, an asteroid *International Docking Adapter, a docking adapter for the International Space Station Computing *Intel Dynamic Acceleration, a technology for increasing single-threaded performance on multi-core processors *Interactive Disassembler (now ''IDA Pro''), a popular software disassembler tool for reverse engineering *Interactive Data Analysis, a software package for SPSS *Interchange of Data across Administrations (IDA), a predecessor programme to the IDABC in European eGovernment Film and television *'' ID:A'', a 2011 Danish film * ''Ida'' (film), a 2013 Polish film *Ida Galaxy, a fictional galaxy in the ''Stargate'' TV series Greek mythology *Ida (mother of Minos), daughter of Corybas, the wife of Lycastus king of Crete, and the mother of the "second" king Minos of Crete *Ida (nurse of Zeus), who along with her sister Adrasteia, nursed Zeus on Crete *Mount Ida, a sacred m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olive Stott Gabriel
Olive Stott Gabriel (September 26, 1872May 6, 1944) was an American activist, clubwoman, and lawyer, active in Republican politics in New York City. She served as president of the National Association of Women Lawyers in the early 1930s and was a champion of many Progressive Era feminist causes, such as women's suffrage and the campaign against prostitution. Early life and career Gabriel was born in Portland, Oregon, to Fielding Denny Stott, a farmer and businessperson; and Mary Ellen Stott, ''née'' Perry, a businessperson, teacher and depot agent. Mary, a cousin of Oliver Hazard Perry, was "an earnest and enthusiastic worker for female suffrage, higher education and kindred reforms." The family lived in Yamhill County. Gabriel graduated from New York University School of Law with an LL.B in 1902 and LL.M. in 1903. In 1906, she became inaugural second vice president of the Women's Association of the Bar (or the Women's Bar Association of New York), described by ''The New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Zetzer
Rose S. Zetzer (January 13, 1904April 5, 1998) was an American lawyer. She was the first woman to gain admission to the Maryland bar and the founder of Maryland's first all-female law firm. Early life and education Zetzer was born in East Baltimore, Maryland in 1904, to Russian immigrants Jacob, a butcher and Balia Zetzer. She was the eldest of three siblings. Her decision to become an attorney came after a discussion in the 8th grade about whether women should have the right to vote. She attended Eastern High School, where she was trained as a stenographer, and received her undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University. She then pursued a law degree from University of Maryland Law School and began practicing law immediately after her graduation in 1925. Career Zetzer's first client paid her in candy, the second in " hose" due to a societal reluctance to give women money. She first attempted to join the bar in 1927, but was repeatedly rejected due to her sex. She was fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland State Bar Association
The Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) is a voluntary bar association for the state of Maryland. The association pursues the following mission: "to effectively represent Maryland’s lawyers, to provide member services, and to promote professionalism, diversity in the legal profession, access to justice, service to the public and respect for the rule of law." The MSBA does not handle matters such as law licensing or complaints against lawyers; those powers rest with the Maryland Judiciary. The MSBA publishes the quarterly ''Maryland Bar Journal'', the monthly ''Maryland Bar Bulletin'', the weekly ''Maryland Law Digest'' court opinions and ''MSBA Weekly'' news, frequent ''MSBA News'' blog posts, the ''Maryland Lawyer's Manual'' legal directory, and an annual report. The organization was established on August 8, 1896, and is directed by a 43-member Board of elected Governors, including 32 elected by geographical districts, four "Young Lawyer" governors, and the organization's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Association Of Muslim Lawyers
National Association of Muslim Lawyers (NAML) is an organization of muslim lawyers founded in 1996 as 'Muslim JD'. In 2000, it was renamed to its current name. NAML conducts an annual conference with over hundred legal professionals participating in it. It is a 501(c)(6) organization according to the IRS in the year 2001. According to a brief in the Supreme Court (USA), NAML is the premier organization for American muslim lawyers and ''"NAML’s activities include organizing educational programs on current legal topics of interest, supporting regional Muslim bar associations, and serving the law-related needs of the general public through community service efforts."'' In 2005, the organization Muslim Advocates was founded as extension of NAML. In 2007, Shari'ah expert and president emeritus of NAML, Mohammad Fadel, who teaches law at the University of Toronto, quoted a Muslim jurist as saying that in Islamic law, when spouses disagree as to whether the husband has exercised la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National LGBTQ+ Bar Association
The National LGBTQ+ Bar Association, formerly the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association and the National LGBT Bar Association, is a national association of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, law students, activists, and affiliated lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender legal organizations. It was formally founded in 1989 and became an official affiliate of the American Bar Association in 1992. The association is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and its current executive director is D’Arcy Kemnitz. History The idea of creating a national lesbian and gay bar association was introduced at the 1987 march on Washington, D.C., for lesbian and gay rights. In 1989, at the American Bar Association (ABA) midyear meeting, bylaws for the association were presented and a nonprofit board of directors was formalized. By the time the second board meeting was held in 1989 in Boston, the LGBTQ+ Bar had 293 paid members. At the meeting, the association initiated a campaign to ask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
