In the past decade, Delaware has gradually filled vacancies on its courts with more women than ever before. The Court of Chancery is currently led by its first-ever female chancellor, and two of the five sitting vice chancellors are women. (With former Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn recently confirmed to the state’s Supreme Court, there’s one open seat.)
But female litigators appearing before those judges say the number of women leading and arguing cases in the Court of Chancery, while improving, is lagging in proportion to the bench.
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