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Race, Gender, and the Judiciary

Sun, October 3, 2:00 to 3:30pm PDT (2:00 to 3:30pm PDT), TBA

Session Submission Type: Virtual Full Paper Panel

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Scholars and practitioners increasingly address how the characteristics and lived experiences of those in power shape political discourse, policy outcomes, and perceptions of political institutions (among other factors). In this panel, we address the presence (or absence) of women and racial minority/non-white judges in the judiciary. Papers in this panel address the conditions under which women and/or racial minorities come to hold seats on powerful courts, when and for whom the presence of women and minority judges has consequences for judicial legitimacy, the ways in which the racial and gender identify of judges shapes their behavior, and how racial diversity shapes sentencing outcomes.

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