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BLS Library Digital Book Displays: Current Display: Women's History Month (Mar. 2025)

Women's History Month 2025: Explore These Nonfiction Books Written By, or About, Members of the BLS Community (In March, location of print copies will be: BLS Library's 1st Floor Display)

Please see also: A Capital Accomplishment (discussing Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan's appointment to the U.S. District Court in Jan. 2025); Brooklyn Law School Women Making History; and Hon. Rachel Freier ’05 Celebrates Supreme Achievement at Brooklyn Law Swearing-In Ceremony.

March 2025: Women's History Month - Explore BLS Library's Books on U.S. Women Judges, Law Professors & Practitioners

Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter's Story (2021)

Memoir: U.S. Senator and attorney Mazie K. Hirono.

Lawyers at Work (2012)

The author is BLS alumnus Clare Cosslett, Principal at Cosslett & Company.

Contents includes: Anne Vladeck (Employment) -- Jacalyn F. Barnett (Family Law) -- Peri Lynne Johnson (International Law) -- Kate Romain (Cross-Border M&A) .

Reflections of a Domestic Violence Prosecutor: Suggestions for Reform (2012)

The author is BLS alumnus Michelle Kaminsky, Chief of the Gender Based Violence Division at the Kings County (Brooklyn) District Attorney's Office.

Women and the Law Stories (2011)

Book co-edited by BLS Professor Liz Schneider.
Includes chapter: The Entry of Women Into Wall Street Law Firms: The Story of Blank v. Sullivan & Cromwell.

March 2025: Women's History Month - Explore BLS Library's Books on Key Issues

The Borders of Violence: Temporary Migration and Domestic and Family Violence (2025)

This is an open access ebook available through OAPEN Home.

Contested Equality: International and Comparative Legal Perspectives (2024)

This is an open access ebook available through vendor Elgar Online.
Includes: Ch. 5: Advancing Access to Social Security: Maternity Protection and Social Justice for Women in the Informal Economy -- Janine Hicks.

Fatal Family Violence and the Dementias: Gray Mist Killings (2024)

This is an open access ebook available through OAPEN Home.

The Feminist Legislation Project: Rewriting Laws for Gender-Based Justice (1st ed. 2024)

This is an open access ebook available through OAPEN Home.
Excerpt from this ebook's description: "Although the legislation is Australian-based, the issues raised by each are recognisably global, and are reflected in the legislation of most other nations."

Gendered Peace through International Law (2024)

This is an open access ebook available through OAPEN Home.

Reassessing Feminist Legal Theories (2024)

BLS Library provides 3 digital copies.

Excerpt from this ebook's description: "The volume is a result of a much-needed effort to rethink traditional legal concepts in a gender-sensitive and gender competent manner. The book deals with topics as jurisprudence and gender, feminist approaches to jurisprudence: liberalism, difference, dominance, anti-essentialism, postmodernism, positivism, natural law, feminist jurisprudence, developments in feminist legal theory as well as feminist critiques of traditional legal concepts."

Reproduction Policy in the Twenty-First Century: A Comparative Analysis (2024)

This is an open access ebook provided by vendor Elgaronline.

Rethinking Feminist History and Theory: Essays on Gender, Class, and Labour (2025)

BLS Library provides 1 digital copy and has ordered 1 print copy.
Excerpt from this ebook's description: "Rethinking Feminist History and Theory considers the past, present, and future of feminist history and theory, emphasizing how feminism has influenced the histories of gender, class, and labour, and their intersections. This vibrant collection, inspired by the work of historian and women's studies scholar Joan Sangster, features essays from academics across multiple disciplines, highlighting the dynamism of feminist historical scholarship in Canada."

Women and the Law Stories (2011)

Book co-edited by BLS Professor Liz Schneider.

Women's Property Rights Under CEDAW (2024)

Good news: This ebook is now available to multiple BLS users in one of BLS Library's Oxford ebook collections!  So, you can easily access this book prior to attending the co-author's (= Prof. José E. Alvarez) panel in the BLS Subotnick Center on March 3, 2025 @ 5:30 PM.  Note: remote access to this ebook requires implementation of the BLS proxy instructions for 1 web browser (librarians recommend using Firefox browser for remote access).