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Top Women Lawyers

May 14, 2009

Looking Back - and Forward

State Bar President Holly Fujie finds it puzzling and troubling that many female law students today believe they must choose between raising a family and remaining in the legal profession. To counteract that perception, she has teamed with local bar groups to bring panels of successful women lawyers to 15 law schools throughout the state.

By Holly Fujie

As only the third woman to serve as president of the California State Bar, the retention and advancement of women in the legal profession has been one of the issues on which I have been focusing during my term.

In studying this issue over the years, I have learned that there has been a sea change in the attitudes and expectations of women entering the legal profession since I became a lawyer in 1978. Back then, women were only 30 percent of my law...

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