Oral history interview with Judith P. Vladeck, 2001

Biographical Note

Lawyer

Scope and Contents

Childhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during depression; B.A., Hunter College, 1945; J.D., Columbia University [CU], 1947: racism, elitism at CU; experience of discrimination against women entering legal profession; diverse early legal experience at law firm Conrad & Smith, 1947-1951; importance of first impression cases, issues never before brought to a court of law; work with husband as lawyer for labor unions in aerospace industry; women's rights cases: development of legal training program for women in subordinate positions at Chase Manhattan Bank, work with organization Non-Traditional Employment for Women; changes in legal profession, broad benefits of studying law; colleague reminiscences. Appended to transcript is a keynote address by Vladeck titled “The Kyriazi Case Reviewed,” presented to the 1979 Annual Meeting of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Education and Research on Women and Work

Subjects

• Columbia University. School of Law--Alumni and alumnae.
• Grele, Ronald J., interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Vladeck, Judith P.--Interviews.
• Women lawyers--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 2001