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WLAC Gives 4 Scholarships to Law Students
WLAC had a terrific turnout and a fantastic time at Laurel Bookstore in downtown Oakland giving out scholarships to deserving law students on May 16, 2018. WLAC established the Margaret A. Gannon legal education stipend fund to provide financial assistance to help...
read moreAPPLY for ADR Program Administrator (Management Analyst)
The Superior Court of California, County of Alameda is accepting applications for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program Administrator/Management Analyst assigned to the Self-Help and Dispute Resolution Services Unit of the Family Division. Under direction of...
read moreGovernor Brown appoints three to the Alameda County Superior Court
Amy L. Sekany, 47, of Livermore, has been appointed to a judgeship in the Alameda County Superior Court. Sekany has served as the Alameda County Superior Court’s family law facilitator and managing attorney of Self-Help Services since 2016. She was the managing...
read moreMeet Judge Rodriguez, the newest member of the Alameda County Bench
Victor A. Rodriguez, 42, of Oakland, has been appointed to a judgeship in the Alameda County Superior Court. Rodriguez has served as supervising staff attorney for the Honorable Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar at the California Supreme Court since 2015, where he served...
read moreWLAC PRESIDENT SWORN IN AS SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE
The beloved president of WLAC (2015-2017) was recently sworn in as Alameda County Superior Court Judge on November 9, 2017.On Monday November 13, 2017, she began her judicial career in a criminal assignment in the Fremont Hall of Justice. Barbara A. Dickinson, 56, of...
read moreWomen’s Equality Day
Today is Women's Equality Day. First designated by Congress in 1971, to commemorate the certification by the Secretary of State of the 19th Amendment, the day is a symbol of the continued fight for equal rights. Here's some food for thought from New York. Recently a...
read moreWLAC gives SIX Scholarships at Annual Member Reception
by Mary S. CainSimon and Bentrish Satarzadeh WLAC once again enjoyed hosting members, both old friends and new, at the Annual Member Reception. Judges Yolanda Northridge and Robert McGuiness graciously welcomed our organization at their lovely poolside garden and...
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Justice, Interrupted
This quote is so central to the identity of the Supreme Court of the United States that it is inscribed on the building. If it's true, what does it mean when women are disproportionately interrupted?...
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