For Women’s History Month, Jill Switzer in Above the Law writes that “there have always been women lawyers and judges fighting challenging odds to make a difference.” The two judges she profiles in her piece are District Court Judge Sarah Hughes — who, among other things Switzer recounts, swore in Lyndon Johnson as President hours after John Kennedy’s assassination — and former California Supreme Court Justice Joyce Kennard, who retired in 2014.
Switzer says, “If there is any woman, any person, who personifies grit, determination, perseverance, and achievements, it is Justice Kennard, a woman of mixed race who overcame tremendous hardships to become an associate justice.”
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