U.S. Courts News profiles Judge Dorothy Nelson
Judge Dorothy Wright
Nelson was a legal pioneer long before 1979, when she joined a historic class
of women judges who reshaped the federal Judiciary, and she already had an
uncanny knack for finding justice in non-confrontive ways. Judge Nelson's story is
the seventh in a multi-part series. Over coming Wednesdays, we’ll release new
profiles on many of the 23 women appointed to the federal bench 40 years ago.
Follow along to learn more about these trailblazers.
- Nelson played a key role in the historic class of 1979 women judges. As USC dean and chair of the American Judicature Society, she was asked to help organize nominating commissions to vet judicial candidates for the federal appellate court.
- “Eighty-five percent of cases could be mediated,” said Nelson, who said traditional litigation costs needless time and money. “Wanting to bring people together, in a collaborative, unifying system, I find there are a lot of people open to that.”
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