Filipina is first Asian president of Chicago Bar Association
Her parents migrated to the United States because they realized that they would not be able to afford to send all of their eight kids to college if they stayed and worked in the Philippines.
Commentary: Demand gender equality
We are the most effective generation of womankind ever – if “effectiveness” is measured in terms of confronting legal issues involving women. But what we have accomplished creates a false sense that inequity will disappear.
Making it Rain – Practical Tips from Those Who Do: Paula Boggs
Paula is a true “renaissance woman.” In addition to her successful legal career, Paula has served as a board member, executive, public speaker, and philanthropist. Today, Paula’s focus is on her musical career leading the Paula Boggs Band.
Two Steps Forward in Chicago: Helping Advance Women in Law
The National Law Journal on March 17 presented the Chicago Legal Departments of the Year, which highlighted in-house teams at companies in the Chicago area. We spotlighted these corporate counsel for making a positive difference in the law.
Odd couple: Durbin holds his fire as Kirk rips lawyers
A question about a Democratic pay equity bill that failed in the Senate last week triggered a tirade from Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., against Democratic trial lawyers while Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., sitting next to him, silently stared at his hands, mute as a result of their non-aggression pact.
A Woman’s Work: Blazing the Trail
On March 26, 1930, the first female United States Supreme Court Justice was born. Today is her eighty-fourth birthday. Sandra Day O’Connor was born into a ranching family in her native Arizona.