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60 Howard L.J. 177 (2016-2017)
Missing in Action: The Absence of Potential African American Female Supreme Court Justice Nominees - Why This Is and What Can Be Done about It

handle is hein.journals/howlj60 and id is 185 raw text is: Missing in Action: The Absence of Potential African American Female Supreme Court Justice Nominees-Why This Is and What Can Be Done About It APRIL G. DAwsON* INTRODUCTION .................................... 178 I. PRESIDENTIAL SELECTION OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE NOMINEES .................... 182 A. The Stakes of Inclusiveness ..................... 183 B. Evolution of Presidential Selection Criteria......... 184 1. Ivy League Law School.................... 186 2. Federal Judicial Experience . ................. 189 3. Age .................................... 192 4. Federal Government Experience .............. 193 5. Judicial Clerkships ......................... 195 II. THE EFFECT OF CURRENT CRITERIA: ABSENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN.... 197 A. Ivy League Law School ........................ 197 B. Federal Judicial Experience ..................... 199 C. Age.. ..................................... 201 D. Federal Government Experience................. 202 E. Clerkships .................................. 203 * Associate Professor of Law, North Carolina Central University School of Law. I would like to thank Angela Onwuachi-Willig, who provided detailed and thoughtful feedback to the initial draft of this Article for my presentation at the Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Writing Workshop. I would also like to thank Angela Gilmore for her thoughtful comments and invaluable encouragement. I would also like to thank my research assistants, Aishah Casseus, India Ali, Hayes Jernigan, Samantha Arrington, and Jasmina Nogo for their assistance on this project. Finally, many thanks to the editors of the Howard Law Journal for all of their hard work. 2016 Vol. 60 No. I 177

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