Tag: Center for Women in Law

For over 20 years, Jennifer Banda ’98 was at the heart of Texas healthcare policy. Now, she’s guiding the next generation of women lawyers to lead with confidence and authority. 

Banda ’98 has been named CWIL’s director.

The Center for Women in Law presented the biennial award to the acclaimed judge of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at a gala luncheon in Austin on April 21.

Center for Women in Law Executive Director Linda Chanow received the 2013 Advancement of Women Award by the Travis County Women Lawyers’ Association and the Travis County Women Lawyers’ Foundation at the 2013 Annual Grants and Awards Luncheon on April 26, 2013, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin. The Advancement of Women Award honors women who have demonstrated excellence in their work and set a positive example for women in law.

On Thursday, April 11, 2013, the Center for Women in Law will host a talk by Professor Mahzarin Banaji, Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University and an expert on the science behind unconscious thinking and feeling as they unfold in social context.

As senior litigation counsel for Shell Oil, environmental lawyer Cisselon Nichols Hurd, ’91, works on cases that shape the future of industry.