CWIL Leader Charolette Noel has been presented the 2015 Outstanding Leadership Award by the Tax Section of the State Bar of Texas at its recent annual meeting.
Women in senior management are still a rarity at global law firms, but Linda Addison became one of that elite group when she was elected U.S. managing partner of Norton Rose Fulbright last year.
CWIL Founding Member and US Managing Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, Linda Addison, has posted an article in The Huffington Post regarding workplace inequality.
Jane Snoddy Smith has been recognized as leading the field in real estate law at Euromoney Legal Media Group’s fourth annual Americas Women in Business Law Awards.
Edward Clarke Centennial Professor Jane Cohen has received the Holleran Steiker Award, given each year by the School of Undergraduate Studies to the teacher of a signature course who earns the strongest reviews from his/her students.
University of Texas School of Law Professor Mechele Dickerson has been named to the Academy of Distinguished Teachers. The Academy was created in 1995 to recognize tenured faculty members who have maintained significant contributions to education throughout their careers.
The National Law Journal presents 75 of the nation’s most accomplished female attorneys in the legal profession today, representing excellence in private practice, corporate counsel work, public interest law, legal education and the judiciary.
ABC News and NPR political commentator Cokie Roberts concluded the Center for Women in Law’s 2015 Women’s Power Summit™ with a strong message of using power for change.
On April 27th, 2015, Loretta Lynch was sworn in as the first African-American Attorney General of the United States.
CWIL Founding Member Kathleen Wu has published an op-ed in Texas Lawyer that highlights the challenges facing women in the profession.