The First Fifteen

How Asian American Women Became Federal Judges

Susan Oki Mollway (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

270 Seiten

2021
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-2451-5 (ISBN)

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Tells the stories of the first fifteen Asian woman who joined the ranks of federal judges with lifetime appointments. In the process, the book recounts remarkable tales of Asian women overcoming adversity and achieving the American dream.

In 1998, an Asian woman first joined the ranks of federal judges with lifetime appointments. It took ten years for the second Asian woman to be appointed. Since then, however, over a dozen more Asian women have received lifetime federal judicial appointments.

This book tells the stories of the first fifteen. In the process, it recounts remarkable tales of Asian women overcoming adversity and achieving the American dream, despite being the daughters of a Chinese garment worker, Japanese Americans held in internment camps during World War II, Vietnamese refugees, and penniless Indian immigrants. Yet The First Fifteen also explores how far Asian Americans and women still have to go before the federal judiciary reflects America as a whole.

In a candid series of interviews, these judges reflect upon the personal and professional experiences that led them to this distinguished position, as well as the nerve-wracking political process of being nominated and confirmed for an Article III judgeship. By sharing their diverse stories, The First Fifteen paints a nuanced portrait of how Asian American women are beginning to have a voice in determining American justice.

SUSAN OKI MOLLWAY has been a federal judge in the District of Hawaii for over twenty years, serving as the chief judge of the district from 2009 to 2015. Before entering the judiciary, she graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, then worked as a civil litigator and later earned an LL.M. from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Part One: Context

1. Diversity in the Federal Judiciary

2. Bridging the Gap

Part Two: The Asian Woman Federal Judges

1. Susan Oki Mollway (D. Haw.) (1998)

2. Kiyo A. Matsumoto (E.D.N.Y.) (2008)

3. Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen (C.D. Cal.) (2009), (9th Cir.) (2012)

4. Dolly Maizie Gee (C.D. Cal.) (2010)

5. Lucy Haeran Koh (N.D. Cal.) (2010)

6. Leslie Emi Kobayashi (D. Haw.) (2010)

7. Cathy Bissoon (W.D. Pa.) (2011)

8. Miranda Mai Du (D. Nev.) (2012)

9. Lorna Gail Schofield (S.D.N.Y.) (2012)

10. Pamela Ki Mai Chen (E.D.N.Y.) (2013)

11. Indira Talwani (D. Mass.) (2014)

12. Jennifer Choe-Groves (Ct. Int’l Trade) (2016)

13. Karen Gren Scholer (N.D. Tex.) (2018)

14. Jill Aiko Otake (D. Haw.) (2019)

15. Neomi Jehangir Rao (D.C. Cir.) (2019)

16. Continuing Growth

Part Three: Analyzing the Data

1. Timing of Growth

2. Demographic FactorsA. Particular Asian Ethnicities

B. Immigrant or Child of Immigrant

C. Geography

D. Age

E. Family Structure and Parents’ Varied Professions

F. Political Affiliation

G. Type of Career

H. Summarizing the Demographic Characteristics3. Attitudinal FactorsA. Reliance on Encouragement

B. Indefatigable Nature4. Why Aren’t These Other Asian Women Article III Judges?A. Women Who Opted Not To Apply

B. Women Who Applied But Were Not Nominated

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.09.2021
Zusatzinfo	14 b-w images
Verlagsort	New Brunswick NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-9788-2451-3 / 1978824513
ISBN-13	978-1-9788-2451-5 / 9781978824515
Zustand	Neuware