The Judges of Oakland: Looking for Parity in the Legal Profession

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has been talking to major media outlets, promoting her book "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead." It's a hot topic for debate. After decades of presumably equal access to all fields of professional endeavor, why aren't women leading? For instance, nobody bats an eyelash at the thought of female lawyers or judges. But at just about every courthouse in the U.S., most of the judges are men. That makes it all the more notable that in the federal courthouse in Oakland, California, all the judges are women.