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Sara Yang Bosco has long been her family’s designated lawyer, and for good reason. She grew up as the most vocal child in a large family, and her parents encouraged her to become a lawyer to take advantage of her natural talents.

For someone who has risen to a top job in her city’s planning and development department, Springfield Economic Development Director Sarah Kerner’s career path certainly hasn’t followed much of a blueprint.

Stephanie Wan has wanted to combat violence against women since she attended middle school. That drive has propelled her to her role as Greene County’s chief assistant prosecuting attorney.

Vicki Smith had been away from school for a few years when she decided to enroll in the University of Missouri School of Law. At first, she didn’t know how her legal career might unfold.

Ask Zoe Linza what has driven her throughout her distinguished career, and the answer is simple: Connecting people.

Jennifer Hannah gives her children the advice she once gave herself: “I think having any kind of background in finance or accounting is going to help you immensely in your career.”

Aimee Gromowsky began her career as a social worker before deciding that, as a lawyer, she could help people in a more empowered way. “I was a social worker for four years and felt like I couldn’t do enough for ...

When Lyrissa Lidsky was an undergraduate student at Texas A&M, the dean of the University of Texas School of Law came to speak to students interested in the law. He mentioned a scholarship “aimed at keeping Texans in Texas,” and ...

The attorneys we honor this year in our Women’s Justice Awards are trailblazers. Glass-ceiling breakers.

Missouri Lawyers Media has chosen Lyrissa Lidsky, dean of the University of Missouri School of Law and its Judge C.A. Leedy Professor of Law, as its 2020 Woman of the Year.

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