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In September, President Joe Biden nominated U.S. Magistrate Judge Linda Lopez to the San Diego federal bench. If confirmed, she would be the only active Latina on the district’s bench. Opportunely, her nomination occurred during Hispanic Heritage Month, the origins of which began in the 1960s.
Lawyers Club applauds Judge Pitman’s decision and will continue to fight for reproductive justice. Please join us at the Advocacy & Reproductive Justice event on November 18, 2021.
Serving on the Amicus Briefs Committee is a fantastic way to keep abreast of pending cases that directly affect the mission and core values of Lawyers Club of San Diego, and to assist the Lawyers Club’s Board in defending these principles.
On Saturday, October 2, 2021, before the United States Supreme Court reconvenes for its October term, the people of San Diego will join marchers across the nation who are taking to the street and demanding women’s right to reproductive healthcare be protected.
Born in the mid-2010s, the “girlboss” was a female business leader, who shattered the glass ceiling despite years of underestimation. I did not think much of it—and admittedly, wanted to be one—until recently.
Know your worth, and—no matter how scary that may be—never accept less. The rewards are priceless.
Although I empathized with those juggling working from home and family duties, and understood the societal need to quarantine, messages of support for people who lived alone were lacking. I happened to live alone during that time, and, as many of you know, it was incredibly lonely and isolating. It made me realize just how important in-person social interactions and human connections are to our overall emotional and physical health.
Yesterday – nine months into the year – was #NativeWomensEqualPayDay. This means that Native American women had to work until September 8, 2021, to earn what their white, non-Hispanic male colleagues earned on average in 2020—that is 60 cents for every dollar. This equates to more than $24,000 per year and $1 million over a 40-year career.
On Wednesday, September 1, 2021, in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, 594 U.S. ____ (2021), the U.S. Supreme Court declined to act on an emergency request to stop Senate Bill 8 (S.B. 8), effectively ending Roe v. Wade in the state of Texas.
The devastating situation in Afghanistan has underscored the risk of harm that Afghan women attorneys, judges, journalists, and women’s rights advocates have always faced.1 Despite those risks, these women worked from within to advance women’s rights in Afghanistan. And their advocacy worked: during the prior Taliban regime that fell 20 years ago, there were no women judges in Afghanistan.2 Today, there are approximately 270.
