Women’s Law Caucus: May She Please the Court

In honor of the Centennial of the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia (WBA), the CUA Law Women’s Law Caucus and the Evening Law Student Association (ELSA) hosted a panel discussion with highly successful military, appellate, and litigation attorneys who shared their career experiences. The March 23, 2017, event entitled “May She Please the Court,” was moderated by Kristin Mitcham (1L). Panelists included Michelle Kallen, Senior associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and Co-chair of the Washington D.C. Women’s Bar Association Amicus Committee; LTG Flora Darpino, Three-Star General and first woman to hold the commanding position of Judge Advocate General of the United States Army; Maureen Mahoney, Retired partner at Latham & Watkins, former Deputy Solicitor General and first woman appointed by the Supreme Court to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court; and Erin Murphy, Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Supreme Court and appellate court advocate and recognized by the National Law Journal as one of the Nation’s “Outstanding Women Lawyers.” A summary of the event is available here