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22 Alaska B. Rag 1 (1998)

handle is hein.barjournals/askabar0022 and id is 1 raw text is: i A640 Inside: DEAD MAN AUTHOR TO VISIT LAWYER NOME ALASKA HI-TECH NEWS & TASK BILLING THE LAST FLOATING COURT VOLUME 22, NO. 1 Dbnita semper dgnas $2.00 JANUARY - FEBRUARY, 1998 Contributions sought Women's archive to open BY BnIUA Hooo hen Mildred R. H[ermann of Juneau became the first woman admitted to practice law in Alaska in 1934, women in the United States had enjoyed the right to vote for less than 15 years. It was to be several more decades before women joined the Alaska Bar in any great numbers, and even today, only about 28% of Bar members are women. But with women entering the legal profession in Alaska in increasing numbers and achieving some of its highest positions, Hermann's accomplishment is no longer an anomaly. The New Year brings many occa- sions to celebrate the contributions llermann and others have made to advance the status ofwomen in beth the legal profession and society as a whole. The year 1998 marks the 150th anniversary of the 1848 'Women's Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, New York, by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, which is widely viewed as the beginning of the women's rights movement. The year also marks the 85th anniver- sary of the Alaska Territorial Legislature's firsLofficial actin 1913: exteding the right tovote to women seven years ahead of the U. S. Con- gress. In gauging the progress women have made toward equality, it is worth noting that 1998 is the 1261 anniversary of the decision by the U. S. Supreme Court in Bradwell u lili- nois 183 U. S.130,141 (1872)) that women were not constitutionally entitl:d to practice law. The Court in Bradwell stated that'the natural and proper timidity and delicacy which belongs to the female sex evi- dently unfits it for many of the occu- pations of civil life...The paramount destiny and mission of women are to fulfill the noble and benign offices of wife and mother. This is a law of the Creator. Faced with such percep- tions about their role and aptitudes, there can be little doubt that women like Hermann blazed difficult trails. To commemorate these events and its own 5th anniversary, the Alaska Joint State-Federal Courts Gender Equality Task Force plans to recog- nize the many contributions of women to the legal profession and Cont!4ued on page 8 I to r: Colby Smith, Vern Keller, Mlk Halsor summit Elbrus. Exploring new frontiers Attorneys reach new heights By Scorr A. BI*vrEhrCsEN which stands at 18,510 feet (5,642 Arranger meters).The trip was conceived about the Interi two months in advance at a watering with res ver the last several years, I re- hole in Ketchikan. Vern Keller, Mike expedito call reading articles abeutattor- leiser and Colby Smith (who served costing nays participating in climbing asalawclerktoSuperiorCourtJudg person,ir expeditions. I also remember listen- Michael Thompson from 1996 from Me ing with great interest to Julius through 1997) left Ketchikan on Au- Travel to Brecht's slide presentation of one of gust 25, flying to Moscow. They then Froml his climbing efforts at an Anchorage traveled by domestic carrier to four to Bar Association meeting. I imagine Mineralnye Vody where they met up training almosteveryone hashad the opportu- with their guide, Tatiana spentfacc nity to hoar a first Timoshonko. climb. T hand account of a Theexpeditionwassetupthrough dotted w McKinley ascent at CET-NEVA, a climbing tour organi- one time or another, zation based in St. Petersburg, Rus- Thus, while the sin, and located through the Internet. concept of attorneys reachingnewheights isnot novel,thisstry has some unique elements. Moun- AlmahNmA .seacm taineering feats such as McKinley *0otlom carry with them risks to life and limb A sIO from weather, crevices, and steep slopes. The unique challenges in as- cending Mt. Elbrus were different in nature with risks such as second de- gree thelt, second degree assault, com- munication difficulties, and flying toi- let tissue. In August of 1997, a group ofattor- neys from Ketchikan traveled deep into the heart of Russia to scale Mt. Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe nents were made through ictand CET-N EVA assisted ervations and Visas, Tlhe n was reasonably priced, approximately $1,200 per cluding the domestic travel scow to Mineralnyo Vody. Moscow was additional. MineralnyoVody, theydrove ive hours in a van to the camp where the climbers uple ofdays training for the aie valley below Elbrus is ith training camps. Elbrus Continued on page 14 Non-Pm.f OMCarsaI U.S. Pomage Paid Pwmn No. 401 Anshwal,AkAsek

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