Affirmative Action in the Workplace

The National Women’s Law Center (“the Center”) has reviewed Judge Sotomayor’s legal record, with a focus on cases addressing issues of particular importance to women.  In addition, the Center has reviewed key activities, public statements, and experiences of Judge Sotomayor outside of her service on the bench, and her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which began on July 13, 2009, and continued until July 16, 2009.  This report, which presents this analysis, is intended to educate the public not only about Judge Sotomayor’s record, but also more broadly about legal rights of key importance to women and the importance of fair and independent courts.