‘Every judge’s dream:’ Ketanji Brown Jackson gives hope to Black female judges

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Kelly said she could relate when, in the weeks leading up to the Senate’s historic confirmation, Jackson shared that her high school counselor advised her to “set her sights lower” than Harvard University, where she ultimately graduated.

Black women who are judges in Dallas County, many of whom are trailblazers in their own rights, said Jackson represents hope – for them, their kids, their profession and their country. Judge Audra Riley of Criminal District Court No. 3, poses for a portrait, Thursday, April, 7, 2022 at Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas, Texas. Previously, Riley has spent over 10 years working as an attorney.

Being told you can be anything you want, and seeing yourself reflected in those spaces are two different things, said Carmen P. White, a criminal court judge. White’s parents always told her she could accomplish anything she set her mind to.

 

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I didn't know black female judges were lamenting in hopelessness.

And the hack that is sitting next to Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

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