00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-1686042739785036435 Buklod 20241203162744.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 241120s2022 nyu u eng 9780197608586 (eBook) 9780197608609 (eBook) 9780197608579 (eBook) 9780197608593 (eBook) 21986749 DLC DLAW rda eng 347.73/14092 23 KF 373 N45 K56 2022eb Kloppenberg, Lisa A. author. The best beloved thing is justice the life of Dorothy Wright Nelson by Lisa Kloppenberg. Electronic resources. New York, NY Oxford University Press [2022] 1 online resource (xii, 204 pages) illustrations 25 cm. text txt rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. First family and early education -- Starting the adventure of a lifetime -- Finding her way in the law -- A pioneering dean -- Life on the Bench -- The Chambers Family and the Nelson Family -- Bending the arc toward justice -- Promoting peace through mediation. Dorothy Wright Nelson was a prominent federal judge on the level just below the U.S. Supreme Court for over 40 years. One of the early tenured female law professors and one of the rare female deans in the U.S. legal academy in the 1960s and '70s, her expertise was in reforming courts to make them more just and accessible for all people. When she became a federal judge in 1980, she helped to make the federal courts more efficient and provide litigants with alternatives - including mediation and arbitration - to resolve cases without greater expense and delay. An ardent believer in more peaceful resolution of conflicts, Judge Nelson educated judges around the world on conflict resolution and the rule of law, often while engaging quietly in human rights advocacy for persecuted Bahá'ís. Her Bahá'í faith also inspired her judicial opinions providing more equality and due process for the marginalized, including the poor, racial minorities, immigrants, mentally ill and the powerless. Dorothy and her husband, a state court judge, balanced their professional achievements with their personal commitments in a manner unusual for their time. They devoted considerable energy to raising their two children, spending time with their extended family, and engaging in Bahá'í activities (including world travel, youth camps, weekly Sunday School and "firesides" in their home). This book captures the life story of an extraordinary female leader and trailblazer in a highly traditional, male-dominated profession, unafraid to challenge the status quo in her pleasant, optimistic, determined and collegial manner"-- Nelson, Dorothy Wright 1928- Judges. Law teachers United States Biography. Women judges. Justice, Administration of United States. Online version. Meditation United States, Justice. Law teachers Biography. United States. Women judges Meditation Biography. United States. Kloppenberg, Lisa. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021 Online version Best beloved thing is justice (DLC) 2021017054 9780197608593. click here to access https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197608579.001.0001 Available to all UP Students University of the Philippines, College of Law FO UPD DLAW KF 373 N45 K56 2022 Electronic Resource