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LOCAL COALITION WORKING TO BRING MORE WOMEN TO THE BENCH

Photo of Sally KenneyThirteen years ago, a gender-bias study of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that, with only one woman on its bench, the court was lagging behind the times in terms of gender diversity. Nine judges have been appointed to the court since then — and all of them have been men.

Professor Sally Kenney (photo at left), director of the Center on Women and Public Policy, is working to change that through the Infinity project.

Read more about her work in Minnesota Lawyer.

 

August 18, 2008