Smith, Selma Moidel
Biographical Chapter
Honors
Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition
Established by National Association of Women Lawyers in 2006 as an annual event.
First and Only Honorary Life Member of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
WLA Newsletter, Vol. 3, Number 3, November 1989
Talented writer gives NAWL more than words
by Peggy L. Golden
Women Lawyers Journal, Summer 1999, pg. 16
*Selma Moidel Smith receives the National Association of Women Lawyers' Lifetime Service Award*
Articles
Oral History of Judge Dorothy W. Nelson: "Reflections on Becoming a Judge"
conducted by Selma Moidel
Smith for the Ninth Judicial Circuit
Historical Society (1988, audio tape and transcription in the archives of the Society); excerpt published in Western
Legal History 2:1 (Winter/Spring 1989).
A Century of Achievement: The Centennial of the National Association
of Women Lawyers
by Selma Moidel Smith
85 Women Lawyers Journal 2 (Summer 1999)
*Originally printed as two articles: "...The First 50 Years,"
9 Experience 1 (Fall 1998), and "...The Second 50 Years,"
9 Experience 2 (Winter 1999)
A New Discovery: The First Women Members of the ABA: Mary Belle Grossman and
Mary Florence Lathrop
by Selma Moidel Smith
85 Women L. J. 3 (2000)
NAWL's Southern California Council
by Selma Moidel Smith
Women Lawyers Journal 87:1 (Fall 2001)
Introducing an Award Winner Myrna Raeder
by Selma Moidel Smith
Experience, 13:1 (Fall 2002)
Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey Honored by ABA
by Selma Moidel Smith
Experience 14:3 (Spring 2004)
Review of Texas Tornado, the Autobiography of Louise Raggio
by Selma Moidel Smith
Experience 14:4 (Summer 2004), reprinted in the Women Lawyers Journal 89:4 (Summer 2004).
Honors to Her Honor: Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal
by Selma Moidel Smith
Experience 15:1 (Fall 2004).
Interview of Mary Cranston
by Selma Moidel Smith
Women Lawyers Journal 90:5 (Autumn 2005), with a different, shorter,
version in Experience 16:1 (Fall 2005).
Feature on Justice Betty Roberts
by Selma Moidel Smith
Justice Betty Roberts Honored by ABA Commission on Women
Experience 18:3 (Spring 2007)
Justice Betty Roberts's Illustrious Career
Women Lawyers Journal 92:3 (Spring 2007)
Bibliography
Research Lead
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in American Law
Who's Who of American Women
International Encyclopedia of Women Composers
by Aaron I. Cohen, New York:
2nd ed., 1987.