On a personal note, why Obergefell v. Hodges means a lot to me
Last month I attended the first gay marriage in my family. Make no mistake, family weddings are a BIG deal for my family. It is typically an occasion for all of my relatives, who are now spread across the globe, to come back to …
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Domestic Violence and Police
Given the recent number of cases of officers using excessive force that have been grabbing the headlines it wasn’t surprising to read a recent article on the website Identities.misc regarding the statistics on domestic abuse among families of police The article states: “As the …
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Key Points of Newly Announced Immigration Executive Orders
I know many of you have questions about President Obama’s new immigration executive orders. The new orders will clearly impact lots of women and their families as according to the CNN Immigration Fast Facts: New legal permanent residents of the United States are younger on …
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AILA President Leslie Holman on President Obama’s Immigration Orders
The president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association made this announcement regarding the new Immigration Executive Orders announced by President Obama. I am glad to see that a woman is spearheading this important national organization during this time for big immigration changes.
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Gloria Campos-Leader for Minority Women and Advocate for Children
Last week at the TML (Texas Municipal League) conference I had the pleasure of listening to Gloria Campos speak on the importance of women in governance and political discourse. To those of you who don’t know Gloria Campos she was the inspirational face of women …
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Love Contracts- The Law, Social Media and Reputation, Social Media Pre-nups
In an era of social media (Facebook, twitter, instagram, snapchat, etc.) protecting one’s reputation is harder than it has ever been before partly because of the ease with which one can go online and destroy someone’s reputation with a few clicks. It is not surprising …
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