About CWIL

The Center for Women in Law is a national resource and champion for women lawyers, generating lasting change within the legal profession.  Our vision is a legal profession that exemplifies equity and justice for all.  We convene leaders, generate ideas, and lead change.

The Center for Women in Law is devoted to the success of the entire spectrum of women in law, from first-year law students to the most experienced and accomplished attorneys. It combines theory with practice, identifying and addressing the persistent issues facing individual women and the profession as a whole.

Initially the idea of seven women who wanted to leave a legacy for future generations of women lawyers, the Center has 50 Founding Members and growing circles of Champions, Leaders, and sustaining donors.

 

 

Founding Members

President, Founding Member, Sheffield Circle
cissilin Hurd
Senior Legal Council, Shell Oil
Linda Broocks
Founding Member, Sheffield Circle
Janis Loegering
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Cathy Lamboley
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lisa atlas genecov
Immediate Past President, Founding Member, Sheffield Circle
Gail Watkins
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Hortense-Ward
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tammy
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Jan Summer
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Jane_Snoddy_Smith
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Robin_Russell
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Shmin_Proctor
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LaurenPrescott
Founding Members, Sheffield Circle
Lisa_Pennington
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Carrin_Patman
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Franci Crane
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Meredith Mouer
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Laura_McMaho
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Diana Marshall
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Macon
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janiece-m-longoria
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Gray, Melanie
Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP (Retired)
Ann Lents
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Karen Hirschman Larsen
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Vicki_Land
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Kathy_Lake
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Christine LaFollette
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Terri Lacy
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tracey kennedy
Founding Members, Sheffield Circle
Marcy Greer
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Hunsaker
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Peggy_Heeg
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LAURA_HAGEN
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Puig
Chief Integration Partner, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Norton Rose Fulbright
Portrait of Michelle Goolsby
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Rogers, Sandra
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Cindy-Diggs
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Sylvia_De_Leon
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Nina Cortell
Founding Members, Sheffield Circle
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Katy Civins
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Dori Budd
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Laura_Beckworth
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Melanie_Barnes
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Marcia_Backus
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L. Addison
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Kathleen Wu
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