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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 .
Nov. 9—COLUMBUS — Allen County Public Defender Kenneth Sturgill has been named the recipient of the Clara Shortridge Foltz Award for his significant impact and superior contributions to ...
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.
Clara Shortridge Foltz (1878): [2] First female lawyer in Santa Clara County, California; Isabel Charles: [234] [265] First female Justice of the Peace in Santa Clara County, California (1917) Miriam E. Wolff (1940): [266] First female appointed as a municipal court judge in Santa Clara County, California (1975)
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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).
Indiana University Maurer School of Law 65 Willard Gemmill: January 5, 1925 January 4, 1931 2190 DePauw University: Indiana Law School: 66 Clarence R. Martin: January 3, 1927 January 3, 1933 2192 University of Michigan Indiana Law School 67 Curtis Roll: January 5, 1931 January 4, 1943 4382 Indiana University Indiana University Maurer School of ...
Governor Gavin Newsom is postponing a clemency decision for Lyle and Erik Menendez until incoming LA County DA Nathan Hochman reviews the case.