Our CWIL Executive Director Linda Chanow was interviewed by ABA for Law Students about her career and the future of women as legal industry leaders.

CWIL Executive Director Linda Chanow will serve as a team advisor for the inaugural Women in Law Hackathon from June 23-24, 2016. The event will convene law firm partners, talent experts, and Stanford law students to advance women in the legal profession.

On Friday, March 4, 2016, over 50 law students and 40 practitioners from across the legal profession joined the Center for Women in Law for its sixth annual Women in Law Institute.

CWIL Founding Member Linda Hunsaker honored by Hermann Park Conservancy on March 8, 2016.

CWIL Founding Member Nina Cortell will receive the Gregory S. Coleman Outstanding Appellate Lawyer Award, which will be presented by the Texas Bar Foundation at their annual dinner on June 17, 2016.

On February 25, 2016, CWIL hosted Professor Pat Chew from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law to discuss her research on the effect of judge's gender in their decision-making.

CWIL Founder Yvonne Puig has been made member of the Editorial Board of Law360’s Life Sciences Editorial Board. Prior to that time, she was named as Norton Rose Fulbright’s Head of Life Sciences and Healthcare for the United States. Congratulations to Yvonne on this well-deserved honor.

CWIL intern and 3L at Texas Law Rachel McKenna received Ms. JD’s Student of Inspiration Award at the annual their conference in New York City.

CWIL Founder Chris LaFollette has been named the #1 Texas Mergers and Acquisitions Dealmaker in 2015.

CWIL Leader Kathy L. Young has joined the Houston Area Women’s Center Board of Directors.