The presence of women in the nation’s courtrooms has come a long way since 1972, when a scant 9.4 percent of those enrolled in Juris Doctor degree programs were female — in 2010, that number was 47.2 percent, according to the American Bar Association.

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Barnes turns private Tara A. Barnes has joined Baltimore’s Rollins, Smalkin, Richards & Mackie LLC as an associate. Her practice includes civil litigation, with a focus on negligence, insurance defense, workers’ compensation and personal injury cases. Before joining the firm, ...

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WASHINGTON — The average federal worker earns about 2 percent more than a private sector worker in a comparable profession, though the government’s generous pension system means that overall compensation is significantly higher, a government study released Monday said. Once ...

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I was at a networking event last week, carefully attempting to balance my plastic glass of wine while simultaneously eating enough of the hors d’oeuvres off my plastic plate to make it “dinner.” Just as I was stuffing a piece ...

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Laura K. McAfee wiped sweat off her pitching hand as she toed the rubber for her first collegiate softball outing. It was the end of the season and Carleton College wasn’t playing for much, but McAfee, a freshman, was churning ...

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