The following is a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho. Stock image BOISE – A Boise man was sentenced to 77 months in federal prison for transporting women for prostitution and money laundering. According to court records, between July 2019 and June 2021, Dannie […]
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Issued on: 08/05/2022 – 14:16Modified: 08/05/2022 – 14:15 Kabul (AFP) – Women in Afghanistan expressed defiance on Sunday after the Taliban issued a directive ordering them to cover fully in public, including their faces, or stay indoors, saying the change would effectively leave them “imprisoned”. Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban […]
Related Practices & Jurisdictions In this installment of Women Who Wow, learn more about Silvia Coulter. Silvia Coulter is a Co-founding Principal of LawVision, and is one of the legal industry’s most experienced sales, key client planning and leadership experts. Her experience includes working as a former strategic account executive and […]
MINNEAPOLIS, March 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Women in eDiscovery (WiE), an organization that brings together women interested in technology related to the legal profession, announced today that Raquel Tamez will deliver the keynote address, entitled “Transition, Transformation and Transcendence: Conquering your Second Mountain,” at its upcoming conference. The conference […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault, had her landmark bill to modernize and reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) signed into law, an effort she has championed and worked on for more than three years. Ernst joined her fellow leaders of the Violence […]
The next Woman Who Wows is Betsi Roach, who I have known for many years when she was the executive director of the Legal Marketing Association. Betsi led the LMA with grace, collaboration and humility. She understood members’ unique challenges, developing policy and advocacy campaigns to address these challenges, and worked […]
The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday released its poll manifesto, promising an ‘Urban Employment Guarantee Act’ on the lines of MNREGA and 33 per cent reservation for women in government jobs, besides a slew of benefits to farmers. The party released its manifesto — Samajwadi Vachan Patra — for the coming […]
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said if her party comes to power in Goa after the upcoming elections, Rs 500 crore from the government fund would be allocated for employment generation and there would be 30 per cent reservation for women in government jobs. Addressing a public […]
Janessa Shaikun has overseen marketing efforts at Baltimore law firm Franklin & Prokopik since March 2015. She was recently promoted to the firm’s Director of Marketing and Business Development (congrats!). Janessa is a longtime Legal Marketing Association volunteer, and has held several leadership roles. In her spare time, Janessa enjoys skiing, playing Baltimore […]
Akhilesh Yadav released Samajwadi Party’s poll manifesto for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections 2022 Elections 2022: Akhilesh Yadav unveiled the Samajwadi Party’s electoral manifesto for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections in 2022 on Tuesday. The SP’s […]