Julie L. Kessler
lawyer traveler writer

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Practice…if you can get to the courthouse

My article "Practiceif you can get to the courthouse," which covered the historically groundbreaking move of the Saudi Arabian Minister of Justice that granted the first four Saudi women licenses to practice law in the kingdom, appeared on the front page of yesterday’s edition of The L.A. Daily Journal. The article also discussed in detail the irony of this historic event in light of the fact that women in the kingdom still do not possess the right to drive themselves to the courthouse where they may now finally enter. Saudi Arabia remains the only country in the world where women are not issued driver’s licenses.

 

Full article off copyright and now available:

https://www.vagabondlawyer.com/uploads/News/Practice…if_you_can_get_to_the_courthouse.pdf
Date Posted:  Oct. 30 2013