Life News (Law and Public Policy)

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California Western School of Law Professor Jacquelyn Slotkin, a scholar of career issues among women lawyers, says today's female attorneys approach career advancement challenges differently than those of decades past. In many cases, she says, that means using their legal and professional experience when they hit the proverbial glass ceiling to "jump ship" from law firms to pursue other career opportunities.

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Civil rights leaders this week have called for a march on the U.S. Justice Department and for an economic boycott to influence the government to deal with the issue of hate crimes. This comes after several recent incidents around the nation in which nooses have been discovered hanging in workplaces, school campuses and other locations. UAB prof Horace Huntley says the incidents are evidence of the lingering residue of slavery and segregation.