First published as: “Women Lawyers: A Century of Achievement – The Centennial of the National Association of Women Lawyers – The First 50 Years,” Experience (magazine of the ABA Senior Lawyers Division) 9:1 (Fall 1998 cover story): 6-12; and “ ... The Second 50 Years,” 9:2 (Winter 1999): 24-31.

Reprinted by NAWL in Women Lawyers Journal 85:2 (Summer 1999): 17-33 with biography of the author, Selma Moidel Smith.

Posted on NAWL website. Cited by historians, students, and Wikipedia articles.

Based on original research by Selma Moidel Smith —

“A New Discovery: The First Women Members of the ABA,” first published in Experience 9:4 (Summer 1999): 22-23.

Reprinted by NAWL in Women Lawyers Journal 85:3 (Fall/Winter 2000): 32-33.

International Federation of Women Lawyers

Radio Address on events and achievements of 1949 Convention in Los Angeles, with emphasis on international efforts to achieve equal rights for women.

Script of Address, delivered on Radio Station KXLA, May 27, 1949.

Southern California Women Lawyers Association

History of SCWL, predecessor to the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles:

First published as “Women’s History Month Special: A Look at WLALA’s History,” WLALA Newsletter 5:7 (March 2001) 1, 4.

Expanded version published by NAWL as “NAWL’s Southern California Council,” Women Lawyers Journal 87:1 (Fall 2001): 15-16.

International Committee, National Association of Women Lawyers

History of the NAWL International Committee, article invited for theme issue on NAWL’s international activities:

“The International Committee and NAWL’s History of Involvement”

Women Lawyers Journal 97:1&2 (Fall/Winter 2012): 9-12.

Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles

WLALA Representative on the Los Angeles County Committee to Rename the County Criminal Courts Building in Honor of Clara Shortridge Foltz.

“Honoring California’s First Woman Lawyer: Clara Shortridge Foltz”

Women Lawyers Journal 87:2 (Winter 2002): 10-11, with cover photo of guest speaker Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Selma Moidel Smith.

Hispanic National Bar Association, Commission on Latinas in the Legal Profession

Research for “Las Primeras Abogadas / The First Latina Lawyers” Project, 2013 — to identify the first Latina lawyers throughout the United States.

Women judges in Puerto Rico:

“ABA Senior Lawyers Division Meets in Puerto Rico”

Women Lawyers Journal 86:1 (Spring 2000): 14. Photo of Selma Moidel Smith with (l.-r.) Chief Justice José A. Andréu García, Superior Court Judge Carmen Rita Vélez-Borras, and former Attorney General Hector Richard, Jr.

Diversity in the ABA/SLD:

“ABA Senior Lawyers Sponsor New Diversity Plan”

Women Lawyers Journal 86:3 (Fall 2000): 19. Photo of Selma Moidel Smith in London with (l.-r.) U.S. Ambassador Philip S. Lader and Maine Chief Justice Vincent McKusick and Nancy McKusick.

Women in the ABA Senior Lawyers Division:

“Women Leaders in the Senior Lawyers Division,” Women Lawyers Journal 83:1 (January 1997): 15. Photo of Selma Moidel Smith “our SLD link.”

“Growing Older Means Having Better Ties to Senior Lawyers,” Women Lawyers Journal 83:3 (Fall 1997): 31. Photo of Selma Moidel Smith with (l.-r.) SLD Past Chair John Pickering, Chair Victor Futter, and Chair-Elect Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr.

“Justice Betty Roberts [of Oregon] Honored by ABA Commission on Women,” Experience 17:3 (Spring 2007): 33-35.

“Rarely in the history of this publication have a subject and an author been more felicitously conjoined …” (Editor’s comment, page 1).

Reprinted by NAWL as “Justice Betty Roberts’s Illustrious Career,” Women Lawyers Journal 92:3 (Spring 2007): 24-25.

“Pillsbury Chair Mary Cranston Wins ABA Commission Award,” Experience 16:1 (Fall 2005): 27-29

Expanded version published by NAWL as “INTERVIEW: Mary Cranston Talks about the ‘Vision Thing,’” Women Lawyers Journal 90:5 (Autumn 2005): 24-27.

“Honors to Her Honor: [South Carolina] Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal” — Recipient of ABA Commission on Women in the Profession Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award

Experience 15:1 (Fall 2004): 22-25.

Review of Texas Tornado, the Autobiography of Louise Raggio, Experience 14:4 (Summer 2004): 34-37.

Reprinted in Women Lawyers Journal 89:4 (Summer 2004): 14-17.

“Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey Honored by ABA” — Recipient of ABA Commission on Women in the Profession Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award

Experience 14:3 (Spring 2004): 34-36.

“NAWL Remembers [Judge] Mattie Belle Davis” — Past President, National Association of Women Lawyers

Women Lawyers Journal 89:1 (Fall 2003): 12-13.

“Introducing an Award Winner: Myrna Raeder” — Past President, National Association of Women Lawyers

Experience 13:1 (Fall 2002): 24-26.