Tagged Harvard Law School

Felicity Jones on playing Ruth Bader Ginsburg before she was the ‘Notorious RBG’

“On the Basis of Sex” recalls that when Ruth Ginsburg entered Harvard Law School in 1956, she was one of nine women in the class, the sixth ever to accept women. (Jonathan Wenk/Focus Features)
December 25, 2018 / Curt Schleier, JTA

(JTA) — The young attorney seems unsure of herself. As a law professor, she is unaccustomed to appearing in court, so she hesitates at first, unable to begin her summation. But once she gets going, there is no stopping her. It is the climactic scene of “On the Basis… Read more »

NY House candidate Antonio Delgado’s wife opens up about the couple’s Jewish involvement

Antonio Delgado for Antonio Delgado for Congress Kingston, New York - May 11, 2018 CREDIT: Matt Roth
November 5, 2018 / Josefin Dolsten, JTA

NEW YORK (JTA) — In 2014, Lacey Schwartz Delgado made headlines around the world for a documentary in which she explored a shocking family secret. “Little White Lie” tells Schwartz Delgado’s real-life story of being raised in a white Jewish family in the upstate New York town of Woodstock. Though… Read more »

Meet a disabilities lawyer pushing the envelope on digital accessibility

Daniel Goldstein is counsel to the National Federation of the Blind. (Courtesy of Brown, Goldstein & Levy)
February 24, 2016 / Erica Brody, JTA

(JTA) — To many who know her story, Haben Girma is a hero. In 2013, this daughter of Eritrean immigrants became the first deaf-blind person to graduate from Harvard Law School. Two years later she was part of the legal team that helped score a major civil rights victory… Read more »