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Abrams, Ruth Ida was born on December 26, 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Samuel and Matilda Abrams.
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Ruth Ida Abrams, State supreme court justice. Bar: Massachusetts 1957. Recipient Radcliffe College Achievement award, 1976, Radcliffe Graduate Society medal, 1977. Member American Bar Association (commission on proposed federal code from 1977), Massachusetts Bar Association, Am.Law Institute, American Judicature Society (director 1978), American Judges Association, Massachusetts Association Women Lawyers.
Education
Bachelor, Radcliffe College, 1953; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1956; honorary degree, Mount Holyoke College, 1977; honorary degree, Suffolk U., 1977; honorary degree, New England School Law, 1978.
Career
Partner, Abrams Abrams & Abrams, Boston, 1957-1960; assistant district attorney, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1961-1969; assistant attorney general Massachusetts, chief appellate section criminal division, 1969-1971; special counsel, Supreme Judicial Court Massachusetts, 1971-1972; associate justice, Supreme Judicial Court Massachusetts, Boston, since 1977; associate justice, Superior Court Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1972-1977. Member Governor's Commision on Child Abuse, 1970-1971, Massachusetts Law Revision Commn.Proposed Criminal Code for Massachusetts, 1969-1971. Trustee Radcliffe College, from 1981.
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Member American Bar Association (commission on proposed federal code from 1977), Massachusetts Bar Association, Am.Law Institute, American Judicature Society (director 1978), American Judges Association, Massachusetts Association Women Lawyers.
