'Dirty Old Man' Judge Wants To Tell Women Lawyers What To Wear
ERIC LACH – MARCH 26, 2014, 5:07 PM EDT
A male federal judge in Nebraska is getting attention for writing a blog post Tuesday about "how young women lawyers dress."
"I have three rules that young women lawyers should follow when considering how to dress for court," U.S. District Court Richard Kopf wrote on his personal blog. "1. You can’t win. Men are both pigs and prudes. Get over it. 2. It is not about you. That goes double when you are appearing in front of a jury. 3. Think about the female law clerks. If they are likely to label you, like Jane Curtin, an ignorant slut behind your back, tone it down."
Kopf was nominated to his current position by President George H.W. Bush, and was confirmed by the Senate on May 21, 1992. He has maintained a personal blog, titled Hercules And The Umpire, since February 2013.
Kopf's post Tuesday was prompted by a recent Slate article titled "Female Lawyers Who Dress Too 'Sexy' Are Apparently a 'Huge Problem' in the Courtroom." In his own post on female attire in the courtroom, Kopf wrote that he has "been a dirty old man ever since I was a very young man." He recounted how at the church wedding of one of his daughters, he insisted that his wife look in the church's lost and found to "locate a demure white sweater for [his other daughter] to wear over her very revealing frock." And Kopf also wrote about a "wonderfully talented and very pretty female lawyer who is in her late twenties" that he knows.
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