Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-i Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:Pucc-I:ag5 From: ag5@pucc-i (Henry C. Mensch) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re:Re: Dress Code Message-ID: <532@pucc-i> Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 12:13:54 EDT Article-I.D.: pucc-i.532 Posted: Thu Sep 27 12:13:54 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Sep-84 07:33:01 EDT References: <326@hou2g.UUCP> <525@pucc-i> Organization: Boredom Central Lines: 44 <Lifted from today's *PURDUE EXPONENT* without anyone's permission: JUDGE PREFERS LADY LAWYERS IN SKIRTS Crown Pt, IN (UPI) -- Women lawyers wear the pants in Judge James L. Clement's courtroom, if they like, even though he prefers them in skirts. The Superior Court judge issued a memo Tuesday telling Lake County Prosecutor Jack A. Craawford , "It is my position that slacks and/or pantsuits are inappropriate courtroom attire for women lawyers." Crawford employs 21 women deputy prosecutors. He said they unanimously reacted to the memo as being sexist and he decided to issue no such directive to them. A confrontation appeared to be brewing, with deputy prosecutor Marleen Langfield determined to continue wearing her usual pantsuit on the job Wednesday. Instead, Clement backed down. "It is not a court order or anything of the sort," the judge said Wednesday. He earlier had said he might consider issuing an order on the matter. Langfield's garb may have prompted the memo. She had worked in other courtrooms before this week, but first appeared before Clement Monday. Her wardrobe for court is mostly pantsuits, she said. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bogus, huh?? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry C. Mensch | Purdue University Computing Center {decvax|ucbvax|sequent|icalqa|inuxc|uiucdcs|ihnp4}!pur-ee!pucc-i!ag5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Saved by Bird's Eye Cheese Sauce!"