2008 Annual Margaret Brent Women Lawyers Achievement Awards Luncheon

The ABA Comission on Women in the Profession will be holding the 18th annual Margaret Brent Awards luncheon on August 10th in New York, NY:

2008 Honorees:

Hon. Ruth Cooper Burg, Judge (Retired), Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, Washington, DC

Roberta Karmel, Centennial Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School, New York, NY
Colonel Linda Strite Murnane, USAF (Retired), Senior Legal Officer, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, The Hague, The Netherlands

Mary Jo White, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, New York, NY
Hon. Ann Claire Williams, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Chicago, IL

Special Award: Sarah Weddington, Adjunct Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX