Apr. 9, 2012

Dorothy Wright Nelson

The Baha'i religion has guided Judge Dorothy Nelson, an early proponent of mediation.

Dorothy W. Nelson

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Senior Circuit Judge Dorothy Wright Nelson found her life's path in 1950 when a law school fraternity rejected membership applications she and some minority classmates at UCLA School of Law had submitted.

"No women, no blacks," was the edict from the Phi Delta Phi headquarters back east, Nelson recalled. That led the UCLA chapter's president, Donald M. Barrett, who strongly opposed racism and sexism, to d... (continued)

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