Sarah Leverette-Part 2: Starting a Legal Career without Examples
04/30/20 • 28 min
While Leverette notes that she didn’t feel like she faced discrimination in law school, she quickly experienced limitations in private practice when it was suggested she should also clean the law office as an associate.
While Leverette notes that she didn’t feel like she faced discrimination in law school, she quickly experienced limitations in private practice when it was suggested she should also clean the law office as an associate.
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While too humble to proclaim herself a pioneer, Leverette details her efforts in developing the law library at the University of South Carolina and curriculum for its first legal writing classes. In this episode, she shares the hurdles she overcame including being excluded from the law school faculty and being paid less. Additionally, she discusses her admiration for Judge Julius Waites Waring and the import of his decision in Briggs v. Elliott.
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