Bloomberg Law
May 20, 2019, 11:48 AM UTC

Wake Up Call: Trump’s 1st Black Female Judicial Pick is Ex Big Law Attorney

  • President Trump’s first black female judicial nominee, Stephanie Dawkins Davis, is a magistrate judge, a former federal prosecutor, and a former Dickinson Wright associate. Her bipartisan appointment to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, which includes Detroit, stands out as Trump and his Senate allies drive to reshape the federal courts. (BLAW via BLB)

  • The 31.4% passage rate for California’s February 2019 bar exam was the second worst ever, but slightly better than last year’s record-low 27.3% rate, according to new data. (The Recorder) Meanwhile, the American Bar Association has passed a ...

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