The very presence of women in the law—normal as it may seem to us today—signals revolutionary change in a social order that for centuries entrusted control

The captivating story of how a diverse group of women, including Janet Reno and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, broke the glass ceiling and changed the modern legal profes

This unique volume contains new research by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession begun two years ago on grit and growth mindset, two traits that have b

In Rebels at the Bar, prize-winning legal historian Jill Norgren recounts the life stories of a small group of nineteenth century women who were among the first

The reflections on their lives in law of pioneer black women lawyers