The First Fifteen : : How Asian American Women Became Federal Judges / / Susan Oki Mollway.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Mollway, Susan Oki,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2021]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.) :; 14 b-w images

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I Context -- Diversity in the Federal Judiciary -- Bridging the Gap -- Part II The Asian Women Article III 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 (DC Cir.) (2019) -- Continuing Growth -- Part III Analyzing the Data -- Timing of Growth -- Demographic Factors -- Attitudinal Factors -- Why Aren’t These Other Asian Women Article III Judges? -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index