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Raquel Aldana Receives Margaret Brent Award

Raquel Aldana
Raquel Aldana

The American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession selected Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Diversity and Professor of Law Raquel Aldana as one of this year's recipients of the Margaret Brent Award. 

Margaret Brent was the first woman lawyer in America, arriving in the colonies in 1638. The Margaret Brent Award, established by the Commission in 1991, recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of women lawyers who have excelled in their field and have paved the way to success for other women lawyers.

You can learn more and see the roster of awardees here.