"There was not anything more extraordinarily complex about these issues, as to the extent of injuries, than in many other brain damage baby cases, a field of specialization that this attorney is particularly expert at, " Judge Schlesinger wrote.

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Girls and boys will perform similarly in earlier education settings, but once entering college, girls are less likely to choose a STEM field as their area of specialization.

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Because her specialization and the bulk of her experience was not in this particular field, she didn't consider the limited work with the graduate student worth mentioning.

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