Patricia Ann McGowan Wald was an American lawyer and jurist who served as the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1986 until 1991. She was the Court's first female chief judge and its first woman to be elevated,having been appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979. From 1999 to 2001,Wald was a Justice of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students in the United States;national in scope,it is not specific to any single jurisdiction. Founded in 1878,the ABA's stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools,and the formulation of model ethical codes related to the legal profession. As of fiscal year 2017,the ABA had 194,000 dues-paying members,constituting approximately 14.4% of American attorneys. In 1979,half of all lawyers in the U.S. were members of the ABA. In 2016,about one third of the 1.3 million practicing lawyers in the U.S. were included in the ABA membership of 400,000,with figures largely unchanged in 2024.
Ron Leibman was an American actor. He won both the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play in 1993 for his performance as Roy Cohn in Angels in America. Leibman also won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1979 for his role as Martin 'Kaz' Kazinsky in his short-lived crime drama series Kaz.
Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler was an American attorney and judge who served as the first United States Secretary of Education from 1979 to 1981. She previously served as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1968 to 1979.
Hina Jilani is a lawyer on the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a human rights activist from Lahore,Punjab. She is the co-founder of Pakistan's first all-women law firm,Pakistan's first legal aid centre,and the Women's Action Forum.
Orrick is an international law firm founded in San Francisco,California. The firm advises on transactions,litigation and regulatory matters for venture-backed companies,public companies,E&I funds,financial institutions and governments.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is part of the U.S. Department of Labor. OFCCP is responsible for ensuring that employers doing business with the federal government comply with the laws and regulations requiring nondiscrimination. This mission is based on the underlying principle that employment opportunities generated by Federal dollars should be available to all Americans on an equitable and fair basis.
Mai Chen is a New Zealand and Harvard educated lawyer with a professional and specialist focus in constitutional and administrative law,Waitangi tribunal and courts,human rights,white collar fraud and regulatory defence,judicial review,regulatory issues,education law,and public policy and law reform. Chen is a barrister and holds an office in the Public Law Toolbox Chambers. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Auckland School of Law. Having served previously in the university's Business School. Chen is also the Chair of New Zealand Asian Leaders,SUPERdiverse WOMEN and the Superdiversity Institute for Law,Policy and Business. She is married to Dr John Sinclair and the two have one son.
Morgan,Lewis &Bockius LLP is an American international law firm with approximately 2,200 legal professionals in 31 offices across North America,Europe,Asia,and the Middle East. Mergers with other law firms stimulated global growth and led to a ranking of eighth on The American Lawyer's 2018 top 100 firms by gross revenue list. It is also the largest law firm chaired by a woman and represents "three-quarters of the Fortune 100 companies."
Susan Naomi Oki Mollway is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and the first East Asian woman and Japanese-American woman ever appointed to a life-time position on the federal bench.
Eva Jefferson Paterson is the president and founder of the Equal Justice Society,a national legal organization focused on civil rights and anti-discrimination.
Joan Marie Biskupic is an American journalist,biographer,and lawyer who has covered the United States Supreme Court since 1989.
Guo Jianmei is a Chinese lawyer,human rights activist and director of a women's legal aid NGO. In 2005,she was one of 1000 women put forward as nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize. Guo is the recipient of the 2010 Simone De Beauvoir Prize and the International Women of Courage Award in 2011. She received the Right Livelihood Award in 2019. She is married to writer Liu Zhenyun.
Joan Chalmers Williams is Distinguished Professor of Law (Emerita) at University of California College of the Law,San Francisco. Described as having "something approaching rock star status”in her field by The New York Times Magazine,she has published 12 books and 116 academic articles in law,sociology,psychology,and management journals.
Margaret Wai Wong is a naturalized American immigration lawyer who created an immigration and nationality law practice in 1978,of which she is senior and managing partner.
California Women Lawyers (CWL) is the statewide bar association for women in the U.S. state of California. Headquartered in Sacramento,CWL was founded in 1974 to seek the professional advancement of women lawyers,to promote gender equity in the legal profession and the judiciary,and to advance women's rights generally.
Women in law describes the role played by women in the legal profession and related occupations,which includes lawyers,paralegals,prosecutors,judges,legal scholars,law professors and law school deans.
Sara Hossain is a Bangladeshi lawyer. She is a barrister in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. She is the honorary executive director of the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST),a major legal aid provider. She has been at the forefront of advocating for women's rights in Bangladeshi courts and played a key role in drafting legal reforms to protect women. She was the plaintiff's lawyer in the landmark case of Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association (BNWLW) v. Bangladesh,in which the Supreme Court supported the judicial practice of referring to international human rights law in the absence of domestic legislation. She is known for her role in challenging fatwa violence when a fatwa is issued to mete out punishment to women and girls. She co-edited 'Honour':Crimes,Paradigms and Violence Against Women with Lynn Welchman.
The Central Virginia Legal Aid Society (CVLAS) is a nonprofit organization that provides free legal assistance in civil matters to low-income and elderly residents in central Virginia.
