Zoominar With Judge Nicole Chollett Bershon

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 Judge Nicole Chollett Bershon

Monday, November 23

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Free event and open to the public. Click the registration link above to receive the Zoom link on event day. Register at least 30 minutes prior to the start time to receive the link. 

100th Anniversary of Woman Suffrage—Where Do We Go from Here?

Judge Nicole Chollett Bershon

When the 19th Amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920—after decades of passionate struggles—American women hoped that suffrage would give them equality with men. But that victory did not deliver voting rights to all women. African American and Asian American women, as well as Latinas and Native Americans, did not attain the franchise until decades later, and widespread forms of discrimination against women remain to this day. The Equal Rights Amendment, a “no brainer” to women activists, failed to attain passage, and as we approach a crucial election—many minority women (and men) must negotiate a tortured path to voting in their states.

What have we achieved in the past 100 years and how much crucial work remains? On Monday, November 23, Judge Nicole Chollett Bershon of the Los Angeles Superior Court (where she handles a felony trial calendar) will survey the progress women have made and the crucial battles that lie ahead. The current vice-chair of the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Diversity Committee, she has served on several of the Court’s key committees and as a president of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles. A graduate of Princeton University and UCLA Law School, she is the incoming president of the UCLA Law Alumni Association.