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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).
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 .
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 ...
USA TODAY and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. ... hold a press conference at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, U.S., Oct. 16 ...
Family members of both Kitty and Jose held a press conference outside the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles with attorney Mark Geragos at which they called for ...
More than 20 relatives stood outside the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, urging the Los Angeles County district attorney's office to resentence the brothers, and for the public to ...
More than 30 family members of Erik and Lyle Menendez held a press conference in front of a Los Angeles courthouse on Wednesday, Oct. 16
PHOTO: Joan Andersen VanderMolen, Sister of Kitty Menendez, speaks at a press conference in front of the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Downtown Los Angeles, Oct. 16, 2024. (KABC)