Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America

<p>Melissa interviews <a href="https://slate.com/author/dahlia-lithwick" target="_blank">Dahlia Lithwick</a> about her best-selling book <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/lady-justice-women-the-law-and-the-battle-to-save-america-dahlia-lithwick/17838520?ean=9780525561385" target="_blank"><i>Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America</i></a>. They discuss overlooked women who shaped the legal system, complicity in judicial culture, the problem with clerkships, and what it means to actually participate in rebuilding a broken system. The conversation was originally a virtual New York University Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network Book Talk in October 2022.</p><ul><li>Order <i>Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America</i> <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/lady-justice-women-the-law-and-the-battle-to-save-america-dahlia-lithwick/17838520?ean=9780525561385" target="_blank">here</a> (use STRICT10 at checkout for 10% off!)</li><li>Read more about <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/2015/15-274" target="_blank">Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt</a></li><li>Watch <a href="https://www.amazon.com/My-Name-Pauli-Murray/dp/B09DMPMWCP" target="_blank">this documentary</a> about lawyer and activist Pauli Murray, an often under-credited legal pioneer of civil rights, racial justice and gender justice, and listen to <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/my-name-is-pauli-murray/id1469168641?i=1000506476405" target="_blank">Strict Scrutiny's interview with the film makers</a></li><li>Learn more about the <a href="https://refugeerights.org/people/becca-heller" target="_blank">International Refugee Assistance Project</a></li></ul>