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Juliette Brodsky Judge Lewitan who was the chairperson of the Child Care Committee when it was first set up and that committee pushed for and obtained a number of amendments to the Bar rules back then and one of the very important things was establishing a rental subsidy I believe for those with the primary care of children and of course without that subsidy of course many women would have found it very difficult to retain chambers and spend time at home in the months following the birth of a child. Now clearly that was something that you saw as a very important thing and how well has it worked, do you think, since its inception? ...read more +
 
   
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