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The article focuses on the challenges faced by Texas doctors, women, and lawyers seeking clarity on abortion laws in the state, highlighting a recent case where a woman, Kate Cox, sought permission to terminate her pregnancy due to a fatal genetic condition.

The article discusses the release of 15 Arab Israeli women among 240 prisoners as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas, highlighting concerns about their safety and potential social stigma due to their association with the released group.

The article profiles lawyer Lina Khan and discusses her expertise in antitrust regulation, focusing on how her work could impact online retailer Amazon. It notes that Khan has been asked to advice the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) during hearings on how changing economic conditions should inform regulation of technology and social media companies.

Presents a tribute to lawyer Pauline Gore.

Profiles Joenia Batista de Carvalho, the first Indian woman to become a lawyer in Brazil. Reebok Prize received by Carvalho for her human rights work; Complaint to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, seeking to compel the Brazilian government to finish demarcation of the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigeneous Reserve; Family and educational background; Career history.

The article focuses on Kristen Gibbons Feden, a special prosecutor in the sexual assault retrial of actor Bill Cosby, who is getting high marks for her bold approach. Topics discussed include Feden's reputation as a veteran of many sex crime trials, views on her effectiveness from those who have watched her in action over the years and her career background.

The article reports on the indictment of Natalia V. Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer who met with U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign officials in 2016, in a case that showed her close ties to the Russian government.

The article offers insights of Sherri A. Lydon, U.S. attorney for the District of South Carolina, on the amount gained by prison inmates in South Carolina from blackmailed military personnel.

The article presents an interview with Margaret M. Garnett, an assistant U.S. attorney and commissioner of New York City's Department of Investigation (D.O.I.), who discusses her career as a lawyer, her role as D.O.I. commissioner, and high points of her career.

The article presents an interview with retired patent attorney Barbara Rae-Venter who discusses how she became expert in genetic genealogy, her involvement in criminal cases and the importance of genealogist in solving criminal cases.

An interview with Vanita Gupta, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, is presented. Topics discussed include the 2020 census that asks Americans about their citizenship status, the Justice Department's enforcement of the Voting Rights Act, and the communities most at risk of being undercounted.

The article discusses Brooklyn, New York native Damaris Hernández's role as the first Hispanic American (Latino) lawyer to be promoted to partner at the Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP law firm, and it mentions how Hernández was able to obtain an American legal education due to the AnBryce scholarship program at New York University School of Law. An economic diversity goal is addressed, along with law school tuition assistance and access to U.S. Supreme Court justices and law firm partners.

The article offers career profiles of the Dolores M. Troiani and Bebe H. Kivitz, prosecutors involved in the litigation of sexual assault charges against actor Bill Cosby throughout the early 21st century. An overview of Troiani's and Kivitz's legally representing the alleged sexual assault victim Andrea Constand is provided.

The article focuses on marriage of female lawyers Carolyn Virginia Grady and Mary Elizabeth Langer, who got married on June 1, 2018 in Waitsfield, Vermont, and mentions that Grady and Langer met at Boston College, from which each received a law degree.

The article reports on the plan of New York attorney Leecia R. Eve to enter the race for New York attorney general following the resignation of Eric T. Schneiderman due to his involvement in the allegations of physical abuse.

The resignation of film producer Harvey Weinstein's female legal adviser Lisa Bloom after board members from Weinstein's company opposed the way how she handles the case.

The article announces the voluntary leave from work of Dianne Brandi, executive vice president for legal and business affairs at Fox News.

The article reports that American Judge Jack B. Weinstein has issued a guidance for lawyers who appear in his courtrooms in New York City which urged a more visible and substantive role for young female lawyers.

An editorial is presented which discusses a report from the New York State Bar Association, revealing that women lawyers have not made progress in the legal profession.

The article states that Brooklyn, New York, federal prosecutor Loretta E. Lynch would be nominated by U.S. president Barack Obama to be U.S. attorney general. According to the article, Lynch would be the first African American woman to be attorney general and that the nomination was scheduled to be announced on November 8, 2014. It also discusses potential opposition to Lynch's nomination among Republicans in the U.S. Senate. The article states that Lynch would replace U.S. attorney general Eric Holder.

The article discusses the selection of lawyer Michele A. Roberts as the executive director of the National basketball Association (N.B.A.) players' union, noting the significance of her status as the first woman to lead a major North American professional sports union. Topics addressed include her personal background and career history working as a public defender and for private law firms, as well as her plans for changing the management of the union.

The article discusses that despite the increase in the number of women acquiring law degrees, the progress of women in law firms is bleak.

The article offers the insights of Lynne F. Stewart, the former lawyer of blind Egyptian Muslim leader Omar Abdel Rahman who was convicted in 1995 regarding her client.

The article cites statistics compiled by the U.S. group the National Association for Legal Placement to state that women and minorities made slow gains in employment at major U.S. law firms in 2016.

The article focuses on the life of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as litigator in Little Rock, Arkansas who handles domestic disputes and family law cases.

The article reports that Lisa Zornberg is expected to be appointed head of the criminal division of the U.S. attorney's office.

The article focuses on the prosecutor Kym L. Worthy, who has decided to charge a white homeowner with second-degree murder of being responsible for the death of 19-year-old African-American Trayvon Martin. It states that Worthy became the first African-American woman to handle the highest prosecuting job in Wayne County, Michigan. It adds that Worthy has experienced sexual assault while taking law course at the University of Notre Dame .

The article reports on the legal representation offered by lawyer Abby Kelman for rabbis in Missouri.

The article features the career of Kimberley Chongyon Motley as the only foreign litigator in Afghanistan following her participation in a program of the U.S. Department of Justice to train Afghan lawyers.

The article reports that retired lawyer Renee Rabinowitz is charging the Jerusalem national airline El Al with sexism when she was asked to switch seats by a flight attendant from the request of a man in December 2015.

An obituary for Jacqueline Ann Berrien, American lawyer and chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, is presented.

The article presents an obituary for Elizabeth M. Fink, a lawyer and a civil rights advocate.

The article reports on the temporary suspension of the law licence of Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane on September 21, 2015 due to the claim of leaking a grand jury information for the embarrassment of political enemies and the commitment of perjury.