SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Gender gap persists at arguments
1 year, 7 months ago

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Gender gap persists at arguments

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court wrapped up its arguments Wednesday with a case in which two of the three lawyers who took part are women. The percentages haven’t changed much in years, even as women now account for roughly half of all law school graduates and a record four of the nine Supreme Court justices. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer, and seven other women in her Justice Department office accounted for 21 arguments. Hutton argued the case in a lower court and credited her firm, O’Melveny, with sticking with her in the nation’s highest court, even though a colleague, Michael Dreeben, has argued more than 100 Supreme Court cases.

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Supreme Court more diverse than lawyers who argue before it
2 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court more diverse than lawyers who argue before it

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court looks more like America than it ever has. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar argued to the court that extreme racial or gender disparities between certain groups “can cause people to wonder whether the path to leadership is open.” Prelogar and Morgan Ratner, a lawyer in private practice, are the lone women who began arguments this week …

SCOTUS changed oral arguments in part because female justices were interrupted, Sotomayor says
3 years, 2 months ago

SCOTUS changed oral arguments in part because female justices were interrupted, Sotomayor says

CNN  

CNN — Justice Sonia Sotomayor told an audience Wednesday that recent changes in the format of oral arguments were instituted in part after studies emerged showing that female justices on the court were interrupted more by male justices and advocates. Sotomayor said the studies, including one by researchers Tonja Jacoby and Dylan Schweers in 2017, have had an “enormous impact” …

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