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• How a UC Davis law scholar says elite firms keep women sidelined

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📰 News we're reading

• 2027 Boden Lecture: Behind the Closed Network: Data, Power, and Gender Stagnation in Corporate Law (marquette.edu) — UC Davis law professor Afra Afsharipour will headline Marquette Law School's 2027 Boden Lecture next month, examining how elite corporate law networks can stall gender progress. While the free event is in Milwaukee, it spotlights scholarship and leadership rooted at UC Davis that may interest local residents connected to the law school or gender equity issues.
   

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Woodland

• Woodland Police Department announces heightened patrol through Labor Day (dailydemocrat.com)
• EnKore Theatre Company presents 'Honk!' Sept. 4-20 (dailydemocrat.com)
• Woodland business targeted by anti-LGBTQ+ vandalism (wintersexpress.com)

West Sacramento

• Tacoma Rainiers Game Notes - 8/22 at Sacramento (oursportscentral.com)

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