Gloria Allred: The Most Famous Female Lawyer in the World
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In this episode, we look at the sprawling career and casework of Gloria Allred. She’s an icon who’s been involved in so many major legal cases, OJ, Bill Cosby, the fight for gay marriage, priest abuse cases and AIDS discrimination. She’s seen it all. She’s been practicing law for nearly fifty years, and in that time she’s been a hero, a villain, and everything in between.
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SOURCES
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-24-me-1698-story.html
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-05-me-463-story.html
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12970625/Distraught-sister-latest-Rex-Heuermann-victim-weeps-outside-court-says-losing-Maureen-wound-never-truly-heals-Long-Island-serial-killer-pleads-not-guilty.html
East LA Walkouts
Girls Schools
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1020228613796
- https://www.heri.ucla.edu/PDFs/pubs/briefs/SAX_031909_brief.pdf
William Allred
- https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/8905092/
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-20-mn-14752-story.html
- https://www.gloriaallred.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1200518/2021/01/Gloria-Allred-Article-Los-Angeles-Magazine.pdf
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-26-me-2875-story.html
Rape
Rita Milla
- https://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2007/11_12/2007_12_05_Green_ShatteredFaith.htm
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/04/03/forgotten-in-the-flock/
- https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-gloria-allred-20151113-story.html
- https://archive.org/details/goodcatholicgirl00bona/page/60/mode/1up?q=%22rita+milla%22
General
- https://www.gloriaallred.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1200518/2021/01/Gloria-Allred-Article-Los-Angeles-Magazine.pdf
- https://www.kveller.com/16-things-you-need-to-know-about-badass-jewish-lawyer-gloria-allred/
- https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a539/gloria-allred-0610/
- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/02/gloria-allreds-crusade
- https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/almID/1202473867559/
Harvey Wienstein
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/08/books/harvey-weinstein-book-kantor-twohey.html?smid=pc-thedaily
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/podcasts/the-daily/harvey-weinstein-lisa-bloom.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/podcasts/the-daily/harvey-weinstein-gloria-allred.html
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