Federal Judge Tells Women Lawyers Not To Dress Like 'An Ignorant Slut' (Click here to read more)
By
Ian Millhiser
March 27, 2014
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Judge
Richard Kopf, a George H.W. Bush appointee to a federal court in
Nebraska, offered some strange advice to women litigators in a piece
posted to his personal blog on Tuesday: don't wear clothing that
would cause "the female law clerks" to call you "an
ignorant slut behind your back."
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Kopf's
comments were a reaction to a Slate piece by Amanda Hess entitled
"Female Lawyers Who Dress Too 'Sexy' Are Apparently a 'Huge
Problem' in the Courtroom." Judge Kopf's piece has the more
provocative title "On being a dirty old man and how young women
lawyers dress."
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Among
other things, Kopf's piece reveals that he has "been a dirty old
man ever since I was a very young man. Except, that is, when it comes
to my daughters (and other young women that I care deeply about)."
And it includes a description of a "very pretty female lawyer"
who practices in his court. "She is brilliant, she writes well,
she speaks eloquently, she is zealous but not overly so, she is
always prepared, she treats others, including her opponents, with
civility and respect, she wears very short skirts and shows lots of
her ample chest. I especially appreciate the last two attributes."
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