Law Students

Making Waves

By Anonymous

A recent New York Times piece, The Waves Minority Judges Always Make, looks at the persuasive force of minority justices.

The first woman on the court, Justice Sandra Day O?Connor, often says that wise old women and wise old men reach the same conclusions. But empirical research on federal appeals courts tugs in another direction.

In sex discrimination and sexual harassment cases, according a 2005 study by Jennifer L. Peresie in The Yale Law Journal, ?female judges were significantly more likely than male judges to find for plaintiffs.?

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Full post as published by Ms. JD on June 01, 2009 (boomark / email).