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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Gender gap persists at arguments

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The Supreme Court wrapped up its arguments Wednesday with a case in which two of the three lawyers who took part are women. But that split was not at all reflective of the court’s term, in which women presented less than a quarter of the arguments.

The percentages haven't changed much in years, even as women now account for roughly half of all law school graduates and a record four of the nine Supreme Court justices. Men presented 118 arguments and women, just 35.

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