#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.

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[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]

[royallyprincesslilly]

Very happy for Meg and I wish the lawyers who tried to slut shame her and use useless and irrelevant information about her intimate past as a defense strategy to have an abysmal win/loss career case record AND that leprechaun's permanently receding hairline.🙄

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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

[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.

[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.