Vermont Ranked First Nationally
May 16, 2011
Vermont: Women are now taking their place in a legal profession once dominated by men. Almost half of all U.S. law school graduates are now women, and the state of Vermont has maintained its position as the first nationally ranked state with women making up 40 percent of the judges.[1]
The state of New York is at 12th place, having 39 federal and 374 state judges who are women. However, some judicial districts located in upstate New York have almost no women judges, as does other areas in the United States. Idaho takes the last place with women making up only 11 percent of the judges.[2]
"We are encouraged that at least we are seeing progress, but at the same time progress has been so slow and not consistent with the fact that we have enough women who are qualified to serve on the bench,"[1]reported executive director Dina Refki of the Albany-based Rockefeller College's Center for Women in Government & Civil Society.
The 2011 edition of the directory "The American Bench: Judges of the Nation" was the source for the study's data.[1]
See also
- Center for Women in Government & Civil Society (CWGCS) Publications
- Women in Federal and State-level Judgeships, Spring 2011
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