Inspired by Women’s History Month (March), I recently found myself perusing a list of landmark Supreme Court cases affecting women’s rights. One case in particular, Muller v. Oregon, caused me to reflect on developments for women in the workplace. In this 1908 case – famous in part for the debut of the “Brandeis” brief (a brief that uses factual and empirical data to support an argument) – future Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis’s brief relied on purported expert reports about the harmful physical, economic and social effects of long working hours on women. The Supreme Court unanimously upheld an Oregon state law limiting women to working no more than ten hours a day. 

WWL Reporter ~ Spring 2008 Issue

LBAW Monthly Legal Clinic, May - October 2008

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WWL Foundation Board of Directors & Officers 2007-2008

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2007 Judicial Evaluation Ratings for Supreme Court & Court of Appeals positions for Gov. Gregoire

In 2007 WWL provided twenty-one Judicial Evaluations for Supreme Court and Court of Appeals positions for Governor Gregoire.  Under WWL’s Judicial Procedures a potential appointed Candidate has the option of keeping WWL’s rating unpublished after the rating has been provided to the Governor’s Office.  Below are the eighteen 2007 ratings, where the Candidates have agreed to publication.  These ratings are valid for 2 years from the date of the rating.

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