Jamie Gorelick: Advocate for Women and Families
Throughout her career, Jamie Gorelick has been an advocate for women. Early in her career, Gorelick was pro bono counsel in cases undertaken with the National Women's Law Center and the National Partnership for Women and Families. In her law firm, at the Department of Justice and at Fannie Mae, Jamie Gorelick led efforts to improve the balance between work and families for women and men. She was named to Working Mother's very first list of the "25 Most Influential Working Mothers in America". Jamie Gorelick's own efforts to balance work and family are described in Elizabeth Vrato's The Counselors (Read an excerpt from The Counselors about Jamie Gorelick at Google Books).
Jamie Gorelick's accomplishments as a woman lawyer and public servant have been recognized by the American Bar Association's Margaret Brent Award, by the Radcliffe Alumnae Recognition Award (1997), the Women's Bar Association's Woman Lawyer of the Year Award (1993), the National Association for Women's Aiming High Award (2002), the Women's Bar Association's Star of the Bar Award (2003), and the Prominent Woman in International Law Award (1994).
Resources for Jamie Gorelick
- Harvard University Gazette reports on Radcliffe to honor Jamie Gorelick for her achievements (1997).
- Article in the New York Times features Jamie Gorelick's achievements (1997).