The Senate confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor this afternoon, 68-31, making her the 111th Supreme Court Justice, only the third female Justice, and the first Latina to serve on our nation's highest court. As a prosecutor, litigator, and trial and appellate judge, Judge Sotomayor brings more federal judicial experience to the Supreme Court than any justiceContinue reading "Sotomayor Confirmation: ‘Momentous Step Forward for the Court and Our Country’"
Op-Ed: ‘Empathy is important in making judgments’
In an op-ed, "Empathy is important in making judgments," published by the Oakland Tribune, EJS board member Prof. Margaret Russell, a law professor at Santa Clara University and Marilyn Edelstein, an English professor at the same institution, discuss the notion of empathy in the context of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings: "Empathy for one party isContinue reading "Op-Ed: ‘Empathy is important in making judgments’"
EJS Co-Presents Unconscious Bias Panel at Writers Guild in LA, Introduction by Norman Lear
The Equal Justice Society will co-present in late-September a thought-provoking discussion on unconscious bias offering insights that will challenge and inspire new ideas in developing and producing programming that reflects the true diversity of our rapidly changing society. EJS joins the Writers Guild of America West, Screen Actors Guild, Americans for American Values and theContinue reading "EJS Co-Presents Unconscious Bias Panel at Writers Guild in LA, Introduction by Norman Lear"