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Word: brooksley (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...women lawyers who are trained," says Carla Hills, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Ford. Until 1977, only ten women had been named to the federal bench. During the Carter Administration, partly because of the establishment of 152 new judgeships, 41 women were named. "That," says Brooksley Landau, chairman of the A.B.A. federal judiciary committee, "was a real revolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foot Soldiers of the Law | 7/20/1981 | See Source »

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