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WJA Honoree Portraits

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Mary Kate Bird

Mary Kate Bird is a leader among her peers at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. In addition to being on the dean’s list, she is also president of the Student Bar Association and literary editor of the ...

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Mari Katherine Webb

Mari Katherine Webb is highly respected for her academic achievements, but she’s also known for her work out of the classroom. In summer 2015, she assisted the St. Louis Public Defender’s Office in investigating several cases in north St. Louis ...

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Tamar E. Hodges

Tamar E. Hodges was just starting law school when Ferguson, the town she grew up in, became a household name. Her participation in activism and protests did not detract from her ability to reach the Dean’s List at the University ...

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Eleanor C. Gourley

Eleanor C. Gourley is still in law school, but she’s already blazing new trails in the field and becoming a leader on an international scale. She helped establish Washington University’s externship at the International Criminal Court at the Hague, assisting ...

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Nicole Fisher

After six years focusing on family law, Nicole Fisher chose to open her own law firm to focus on the field in 2015. She is also assistant secretary for the executive committee of the Association of Women Lawyers of Greater ...

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Ashley Hoover Schuette

Ashley Hoover Schuette chose law over medicine, but she still ended up working in health care. In her position at CoxHealth, she advises a major health system with more than 10,000 employees and five hospitals. What inspired you to get ...

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Amanda M. Dumey

Amanda M. Dumey started her career in private practice, but knew she wanted to work in the field of public interest. She’s never regretted making the switch to a job that allows her to work closely with drug court graduates ...

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