Strict Scrutiny

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

Jan 30, 2023

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Is It the Case Here That These Women Won Battles and We've Lost the War?

01:38

Law Students and Becca Heller

02:24

Pauli Murray - Where's Waldo?

01:55

Introduction

3min

Do Women Judges Think Differently About the Law?

3min

Is It the Case Here That These Women Won Battles and We've Lost the War?

2min

We Lost the Court, We Lost It Out of Sheer, I Don't Know, Screen Save

2min

The Book Ends With Lawsuits

2min

The Role of Black Women in Constitutional Democracy

3min

Pauli Murray - Where's Waldo?

2min

How Women Make Change

3min

Law Students and Becca Heller

2min

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Women and the Rule of Law in Iran

3min

11.

Smileactives Pro Whitening Gel

2min

12.

Sakura Organic Meals - Get 20% Off Your First Order at Sakura.com

2min

13.

The Dark Side of the Judiciary

2min

14.

Is This a Culture Problem?

2min

15.

Is the Clerkship Industrial Complex Bonkers?

2min

16.

How to Deal With Abuse in the Legal System

3min

17.

How Do We Recognize That the Infrastructure of Democracy Has Been Diffused?

3min

18.

Is the Rule of Law Still Intruding on the 2024 Election?

2min

19.

Lomi, a Countertop Electric Composter That Turns Food Scraps Into Dirt in Under Four Hours

2min

20.

Do You Have a Right to Equality?

3min

21.

Dobbs and the Women's Rights Movement

3min

22.

Do You Think Clerkships Will Fade Away?

2min

23.

Law Students Are Rethinking Magical Thinking in Law School

4min

24.

The Court Isn't Broken Because Unpopular Opinions Have Come Down, Right?

4min

Melissa interviews Dahlia Lithwick about her best-selling book Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America. 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.

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