#Black Women Lawyers

[importantwomensbirthdays]

Amalya Kearse

Amalya Kearse was born in 1937 in Vauxhall, New Jersey. In 1979, Kearse was appointed and confirmed as a judge in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, where she still serves today. Before that, she had argued and won a case before the US Supreme Court. The same year she became a judge, she also became the first woman chosen as a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. In 1992, Kearse was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In addition to her illustrious legal career, Kearse is also a world-class bridge player who has won five North American bridge championships and seven American Bridge Association championships.

[ausetkmt]

https://x.com/ProenzaColes/status/1703394281744892098?t=zJ10AU4Pgq5lXyyqHgDhWA&s=09

[millarlawfirm]

Please join us in congratulating Attorney Porcia Lockett on her recent graduation from the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA Foundation, Inc.) Fall 2024 Professional Development Academy! Congratulations, Porcia! ⚖️

Learn More About Attorney Lockett: https://atlantaadvocate.com/about-us/porcia-lockett/

[fyblackwomenart]

"The Cool Down" by MJ Lindo-Lawyer

[vyeoh]

I'm rewatching all the Marvel Defenders shows on Netflix and as much as I mock the MCU now, I need non-Marvel fans to understand that I was and still am a fan of "Daredevil fighting the gentrifying assshole who bought out the police force because ACAB both as a lawyer and vigilante of the community" and "Jessica Jones fighting the man who mind controlled her into doing unspeakable things and forming a community of fellow survivors and allies while dealing with PTSD in a range of both healthy and unhealthy ways" Marvel. God I love these idiots they carried so hard

[mimi-0007]

President Obama, Michelle, Malia and Sasha...

[lesbianlenses]

Joyce D. Wilson, president of Association of Black Women Lawyers (left) and County Register Larrie W. Stalks, honoree, at their dinner dance in the 1970s or 80s.

[miawashere]

tignon law of 1786

in louisiana, during the 18th century, a law was passed in order to outcast and oppress black women of color by forcing them to cover their hair with scarves. this was due to the fact that white people (especially women according to online sources) were jealous of their hair because of how eye-catching it was, so it led to african american women’s hair getting regulated. this led to women becoming creative and finding ways to make the scarves beautiful and still be following the law, which didn’t end until 1803. the tignon law is just another example of poc getting oppressed because of an unfair and biased legal system.

[raziraphale]

I have never understood people that think love & monsters is the worst dw episode (I like it, sorry) but now that I'm 3 series deep into my rewatch I think the shakespeare code might be the worst one, or at least the most poorly aged. but I haven't even left rtd era yet so I might change my mind idk different horrors still await me

[higherentity]

[closet-of-nikki]

Women's Day 2024

Happy Women's Day! Three items were sent by mail in March 2024. They're not a full suit, but I figured I'd catalog them here anyway. The promo picture uses a lot of items that aren't part of the gift.

These items will probably return to the shop later on, as have most of the other Women's Day items. Here's the barrister's robes first, skateboarding items in the reblog. A barrister is a kind of lawyer in the UK.

I included an image description this time, because there weren't that many pictures.

[importantwomensbirthdays]

Nannette Jolivette Brown

Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown was born in 1963 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Brown was the first African-American to serve as a New Orleans city attorney. In 2011, she became a judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Since 2018, Brown has served as the chief judge on that court. In 2019, Brown won the Hon. Sarah T. Hughes Civil Rights Award from the Federal Bar Association. She has also won the National Bar Association’s Women Lawyers Division Excellence in the Judiciary Award.

Image source: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

[earlgraygoose]

If you can see me in my office you would have looked at me and thought I have worked here for over 5yrs, I'm overworked tired and stressed, haven't taken a vacation since.. in the middle of a divorce battle, and slowly loosing the will to live.

I'm over here holding my head and rubbing my temples like I'm fed up and ready to retire. I've been working here for less than a month. I haven't even graduated law school yet!!! Plssss

[onyx-collective]

Jax from Reasonable Doubt, 2022.

[the-chaos-crew]

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

You know what? Fuck you. I am a "men's rights activist."

I'm for trans men having gender-affirming marks on identification and paperwork and still being able to access OBGYN and pregnancy care, and contraceptives.

I'm for all men's restrooms including baby changing stations, because fathers exist and need to change their babies.

I'm for black men having a voice and being seen and heard, and not assumed to be predators for being both black and men.

I'm for fathers gaining custody of their children in the face of a court system which favors the mother, stating that a child should "never be without their mother," granting custody to even the abusive mothers while taking it away from their fathers.

I'm for boys receiving both 'boy' sex education and 'girl' sex education, so they know how periods and pregnancy actually work.

I'm for boys and men giving and receiving emotional checkups, hugs, and everything soft because boys and men both deserve softness. Boys and men deserve to express their emotions healthily. To know how to express emotions healthily.

Men deserve access to care, patience, love and kindness.

[enfinizatics]

dear americans,

as a polish queer woman and human rights activist, i know exactly how you're feeling right now and what to expect from these elections. i lived through the 2015-2023 regime of pis, a right-wing populist party that divided families in the same way trump did. i’ve experienced the rise of fascism in poland, the influence of far-right parties like konfederacja, and their “santa’s little helpers”—ordo iuris, an ultra-conservative catholic organization (banned in many countries, mind you) that helped enforce a near-total abortion ban and runs anti-queer campaigns in public spaces. i supported the black protests in 2016 as a middle schooler when they first tried to ban abortion. as an adult, i actively participated in the 2020 women’s strike, running from police tear gas daily after they finally passed the ban. i supported friends who faced charges.

i’ve lived through intense homophobia in poland as a queer teen and adult. i survived the first pride march in my hometown, where far-right extremists threw stones and glass at us. i endured the anti-queer propaganda spread by the ruling party in state-owned media. i survived the “rainbow night,” poland’s own stonewall moment in summer 2020, when police arrested around 50 queer activists following the arrest of margo, a nonbinary activist. i survived the "lgbt-free zones," the targeted violence, the slurs from strangers on the street, and the protests i held against queerphobia. it was hard as fuck, but i survived.

but just because i survived, it doesn’t mean others did. many women died because of the abortion ban—marta, justyna, izabela, dorota, joanna, maria, and many others who didn’t survive pis’s draconian anti-abortion laws. milo, kacper, michał, zuzia (she was 12), wiktor, and other queer and trans kids and young adults took their own lives because of the relentless queerphobia.

despite all of this, our experience in poland can serve as a guide now. here are some tips for staying safe and how we, polish queers and women, organized under the regime:

safety first, always. if you know someone who’s had an abortion, no you don’t. if you know someone is trans, no you don’t. if you know people who help with safe abortions, no you don’t—at least not until you know it’s 100% safe to share. if you are queer or have had an abortion, only share this with people you trust fully. most importantly, not everyone has to be an activist just because they’re part of a minority. if it feels unsafe to share that you're queer, trans, etc., then don’t. it doesn’t make you any less queer.

use secure, encrypted messaging like signal for conversations on potentially risky topics, such as queerness, abortion, organizing counter-actions, protests—anything that might be used against you.

stay anonymous online. if you want to research or report something without surveillance, do not use regular internet. get a vpn (mullvad is affordable and reliable), download the tor browser (for both onion and standard links), and if you plan to whistleblow, consider using a riseup email account.

organize and build networks. community is everything now. support each other, foster independence, because your government won’t have your back. set up collectives, grassroots movements. create lists of trusted professionals—lawyers, doctors, etc.—who can offer support.

to lawyers and doctors: please consider pro-bono work. this is what got us through poland’s hardest times. your work will be needed now more than ever.

for protests or risky actions: always write a pro-bono lawyer’s number on your arm with a permanent marker.

get to know the anarchist black cross federation and other resources on safety culture: "Starting an anarchist black cross group: A guide"; Still We Rise - A resource pack for transgender and non-gender conforming people in prison; Safe OUTside the system by the Audre Lorde Project;

for safe abortion info or involvement: get familiar with womenhelpwomen.

stay radical, stay strong, stay informed: The Anarchist Library

if i forgot to (or didn't) include something, don't hesitate to reblog this post with other resources.