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According to a recent survey of members of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 56 percent of members have noticed an increase in the number of mothers who are paying child support. 47 percent of members have noticed an increase in the number of women paying alimony to their former spouses. Source: AAML survey; May 8, 2012. … [Read more...] about Who’s Paying? More Women Are Becoming Payors in Alimony, Child Support

Reshma Saujani has a law degree from Yale and a master’s from Harvard. She ran (unsuccessfully) for Congress, is about to publish a book and is exploring a run for the office of New York City’s public advocate. Yet the 36-year-old former Davis Polk & Wardwell lawyer still has a regret: She doesn’t know how to code. And Saujani says she’s not alone. While women now compose more than half of the workforce, their numbers are underrepresented in technology and computer field positions, she says.The former deputy public advocate for New York City is out to change that. She’s started Girls Who Code, a movement to even the playing field for women when it comes to the technology sector. “I thought that because I wanted to be a lawyer, I had to be a political science major. We need to shift that perception. Coding is going to be the way to communicate in the next few years.”Girls Who Code launched this summer with 20 underprivileged girls selected … [Read more...] about ‘Girls Who Code’ Seeks to Level the Playing Field for Women in Tech Sector

The Supreme Court, last week, directed amicus curiae Advocate Gaurav Agarwal to examine the issue of rehabilitation and welfare of women prisoners and their children, on a suo motu petition initiated by the Court in 2013. The Bench comprising Justice M.B. Lokur, Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Deepak Gupta also directed Mr Surinder Rathi, Director of National Legal Services Authority of India (NALSA) to look into the issue of overcrowding of jails. Mr Rathi has further been directed to furnish figures on the population of jails where the occupancy is more than 150% as on 31 December 2017, as well as coordinate with the Member Secretaries of the State Legal Services Authorities to ascertain the number of vacant posts in major jails across the country. The suo motu Petition before the Court had been triggered by a letter written to the then Chief Justice of India by former CJI R.C. Lahoti, highlighting the disturbing conditions prevailing in 1382 prisons in India. The Bench has since … [Read more...] about Examine Measures For Rehabilitation Of Women Prisoners And Their Children: SC To Amicus Curiae [Read Order]

Home Daily News Women lawyers in legal tech careers say:… Women in the Law By Reginald Davis Posted March 7, 2018, 5:12 pm CST Mentor and find mentors. Build a team that can speak for you and support that can reassure you. And don't let your fears tell you you are an imposter. Such was the advice given in the Wednesday-morning session of Legal XX, an all-day symposium at Chicago-Kent College of Law presented by women lawyers involved in legal technology for women in or considering careers involving technology. A set of quick, Ignite-style presentations by private attorneys, in-house counsel to tech firms, legal educators, innovation professionals and providers of access-to-justice services, the program was set to draw attendees in town for ABA Techshow 2018, which opened Wednesday evening. Diversity was the key word in the sessions, which ended with workshops in the afternoon, and concern for inclusion was high. Moderator Sarah Glassmeyer, project specialist for the ABA Center … [Read more...] about Women lawyers in legal tech careers say: Don’t feel you must go it alone

It is a good eighty-two years since the benevolent Temple Entry Proclamation of 1936 which allowed all castes to enter temples in the erstwhile State of Travancore. And it is unfortunate that today when the world is celebrating International Women’s Day, in India we are still debating on whether women should be allowed to enter places of worship where Gods dwell. We are contemplating on the purity of a woman and of her body, all because she menstruates. And this happens to be in God’s own country, where this beautiful temple adorns the hill named Sabarimala situated amidst thick forest. Ironically, this hill which owes its name to Sabari, a woman hermit who is believed to have lived there awaiting Lord Rama, is now a ‘No-Entry Zone’ for women aged 10-50 via a rule of prohibition made by Travancore Devaswom Board. The legend goes that since the deity is in the form of a Naisthik Brahmachari, young women should not enter temple so that not even a slightest … [Read more...] about Ban On Entry Of Women In Sabarimala Temple