by The Obelisk Team | Oct 15, 2020 | _migrate, Latest Trends, Popular, Women in Law
What have we learned, and what have we done? While originally coined in 2006 by social activist Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement picked up global momentum on October 15, 2017 when Alyssa Milano tweeted a request to her followers: “If you’ve been sexually...
by Nicola Evans | Oct 13, 2020 | _migrate, Trending, Women in Law
“Sixty years ago, Ruth Bader Ginsburg applied to be Supreme Court Clerk. She’d studied at two of [our] finest law schools and had ringing recommendations. But because she was a woman she was rejected. Ten years later, she sent her first brief to the Supreme Court-...
by Laure Latham | Feb 20, 2019 | _migrate, Trending, Women in Law
Times have changed since 1959 when Ruth Bader Ginsburg had to endure a particularly cringy professional interview. After admitting she’d been rejected by 12 law firms, she lists some of the rejection reasons to her interviewer. “Last week I was told women are too...