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Ms. JD Weekly Round-up: Week Ending January 18, 2008

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Supreme Court First: A Female Special Master

Kristin Linsley Myles, a Justice Scalia's former law clerk, becomes the first woman to hold the position of Supreme Court special master.

The Coming American Matriarchy

According to projections by the National Center for Education Statistics, there is a "new educational gender gap . . . favoring women," with a "22 percent increase in female college enrollment between 2005 and 2016, compared with only a 10 percent increase for men."

Mother-Daughter Jurists: They're Part of a Nationwide Trend

After following her mother's footsteps to the bench, Phyllis Beck's daughter says that her mother, the first woman appointed to serve as a judge on Pennsylvania's Superior Court, taught her "the ability to go out and do something different, and not conform to what people are telling you."

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Full post as published by Ms. JD on January 17, 2008 (boomark / email).