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Miriam Vogel was an associate justice in the California Appellate Court. She was born in Brooklyn, New York but moved to California when she was seven months old. In high school, she wanted to become an English teacher and planned to attend Santa Monica City College for two years before transferring to UCLA. Her parents, however, insisted she take typing and shorthand courses in case she needed something to fall back on. She eventually got married, quit school, and took a job as a secretary. In 1970, she found out she could get into law school if she passed an equivalency exam and scored higher than the required score on the LSAT. She worked full-time during the day and attended law school at night for four years. After graduating, she was offered a clerkship with Justice Bob Thompson and worked for him for about a year and a half. During her time there, she learned a lot about the law and how to be a hands-on judge.