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Jurist's career of firsts hits a milestone

Lynch being sworn in as head of appeals court

By Jonathan Saltzman
Globe Staff / June 16, 2008

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She was the first female law clerk to a well-known federal judge in Rhode Island, a feat so unusual in 1971 that the Boston Evening Globe put the appointment of the young "slender woman" with "big hazel eyes" on its front page. (Full article: 1259 words)

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