NAWJ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN PROVIDENCE JOURNAL ON THE IMPACT OF THE FIRST WOMAN CHIEF JUDGE IN RHODE ISLAND

NAWJ Executive Director, Drucilla Ramey, shared her thoughts with the Providence Journal on the recent elevation of Hon. Mary M. Lisi who, this month, succeeded Hon. Ernest C. Torres as chief judge of the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island. Chief Judge Lisi is the first woman to hold that position and only the second woman in Rhode Island history to head a major court. The late Hon. Florence K. Murray, who was presiding justice of the state Superior Court, was the first. Read the Providence Journal article (free membership signup may be required).