"[I]f qualified individuals are dissuaded from or steered away from a career in any part because of who they are, we have to rectify that."
At the beginning of Women's History Month, we proudly share this profile of appellate superstar and TAP mentor Angela Cai, Solicitor General in the New Jersey Attorney General's Office.
Read her whole profile here (https://lnkd.in/eNz8K4AD), but for now, enjoy this one excerpt:
Q: How often do you encounter women, particularly women of color, in the appellate field? Why do you think that representation is important?
A: Not often enough, and especially so for women of color. It’s not just a problem in the appellate field.
There are so many reasons why representation is important. Chief among them is how the disparity happened and became entrenched: if qualified individuals are dissuaded from or steered away from a career in any part because of who they are, we have to rectify that.
And lack of representation also matters because of its impact going forward, including how it can be self-perpetuating for future generations of lawyers and how it can hamper the types of perspectives that are valuable for the case itself.
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5moCongratulations, Kate Gallen! This is fantastic and well-deserved!