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Clara Shortridge Foltz (July 16, 1849 – September 2, 1934) was an American lawyer, the first female lawyer on the West Coast, and the pioneer of the idea of the public defender. The Criminal Courts Building in downtown Los Angeles was renamed after her in 2002, and is now known as the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center .
The project started with a single biography - that of Clara S. Foltz, the first woman lawyer in California.In the course of writing her life, Foltz's biographer, Professor Barbara Babcock, has compiled a wealth of information about her subject and the times in which she lived, and most particularly, the other women lawyers she knew.
Maine College of Art and Design; Maine College of Health Professions; Maine Maritime Academy; Maine Media College; Malcolm X College; Malone University; Manchester Community College (Manchester, Connecticut) Manchester Community College (Manchester, New Hampshire) Manchester University; Manhattan Area Technical College; Manhattan Christian College
Originally known as the Criminal Courts Building, [4] in 2002 it was renamed the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, after Clara S. Foltz, the first female lawyer on the West Coast of the United States (and also the first person to propose the creation of a public defender's office).
Sean Faircloth (1986) – Maine House Majority Whip, executive director of Secular Coalition for America; Edward Silsby Farrington – judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada; Clara Shortridge Foltz (1881) – first practicing female lawyer in the United States
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At the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, during a "Congress" of the Board of Lady Managers, Clara Shortridge Foltz made her first highly public presentation of her idea of the public defender. [3] Then, due to Foltz's persistent efforts over a period of several years, Los Angeles County established a public defender office in 1913 under its county ...
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