Kavanaugh's Female Clerks Praise His Advocacy For Women In The Law

Kavanaugh is the only D.C. Circuit judge to ever hire four women to clerk for him in the same year.

onJuly 13, 2018 at 2:14 PMJuly 13, 2018 at 1:28 PM

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We know all too well that women in the workplace still face challenges, inequality, and even harassment. Among other things, women do not enjoy a representative share of prestigious clerkships or high-profile legal positions. But this committee, and the American public more broadly, should be aware of the important work Judge Kavanaugh has done to remedy those disparities. In our view, the judge has been one of the strongest advocates in the federal judiciary for women lawyers.

— an excerpt from a letter touting Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s dedication to “issues on gender and equality in the workplace,” signed by 18 of his 25 former law clerks who are women (the rest were precluded from signing by their jobs), and submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee. As noted in the letter, Kavanaugh is the only D.C. Circuit judge to ever hire four women to clerk for him in the same year. Eighty-four percent of Judge Kavanaugh’s women clerks have gone on to secure Supreme Court clerkships. They conclude their letter by proclaiming that if Kavanaugh’s daughters become lawyers, they will enter a legal profession that’s “fairer and more equal” because of him.

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