Barbara Babcock to speak on Clara Foltz

Barbara Babcock, the first woman appointed to the regular faculty at Stanford Law School, will speak about Clara Foltz, the first woman lawyer in California on Sunday February 5 at 2 pm at the Berkeley History Center, 1931 Center Street. Clara Foltz fought her way into the California Bar in 1878, the first woman to practice law in the state. Professor Babcock is the author of Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz (Stanford University Press, 2011).