The Catalyst

The newsletter of the ISBA’s Standing Committee on Women and the Law

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February 2014 • Volume 19 • Number 4 •

February 2014 Women and the Law Newsletter

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In This Issue

A view from the Chair

By Mary F. Petruchius

A message from Committee Chair Mary Petruchius.
Why celebrate women in the profession?

By Julie A. Neubauer
Rebels at the Bar, by Jill Norgren

By Cindy G. Buys

Committee member Cindy Galway Buys reviews this thought-provoking book.
Spotlight on Women and the Law Committee members

By Alice Sackett Henrikson & Sherry A. Mundorff

Learn more about members Patrice Ball-Reed, Sherry Mundorff and Letitia Spunar Sheats.
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb

By Sandra Blake

Committee member Sandra Blake reviews this recent release.

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