'Diversity On the Bench: Is the 'Wise Latina' a Myth?'

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Gender and Collegial Decisionmaking in the Federal Appellate Courts ( Yale Law Journal, 2005), presented her research findings based on analysis of 556 sexual harassment and discrimination cases heard in U.S courts of appeal between 1999 and 2001. Pereste found that male judges were twice as likely to find for female plaintiffs in sexual harassment cases, and three times as likely in sexual discrimination cases, when a female judge was on the appellate panel.

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'Diversity On the Bench: Is the 'Wise Latina' a Myth?'

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

- Thenjudge Sonia Sotomayor, Judge...

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