Women in Law Leadership Lecture

In April 2019 Roger Williams University School of Law honored the First Women of the Rhode Island Bar. The celebration was the start of a variety of events to honor the work women do in the field of law. Soon after, the school began the Women in Law Leadership Lecture series as well as the Ruth Bader Ginsberg Essay contest.

This year, Roger Williams University School of Law will hold its 4th Annual Women in Law Leadership Lecture on March 23. A fireside chat will take place between Emily L Sack, Professor of Law, and Jenny Ma, Esq.

Jenny Ma serves as Senior Counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights in the U.S. Litigation Program. The Center for Reproductive Rights is a human rights organization working to ensure reproductive rights are protected in law across the globe. Jenny Ma has represented the Center’s clients in cases in state and federal courts across the country, including in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jenny Ma’s commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the legal profession is evident in her work in the budding Center for Reproductive Rights (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) DEI Task Force. Before joining the Center for Reproductive Rights Jenny served as a law clerk for the Honorable John T. Noonan, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the Honorable Robert W. Sweet of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Jenny also worked at the law firms Jones Day and Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, where she co-authored an amicus brief in Obergefell v Hodges.

In addition to the lecture, the program will feature the announcement of the winners of the RWU Law RBG Essay/Art Contest for RI school children. To attend the lecture with a reception immediately following please register. For additional information please visit 4th Annual Women in Law Leadership Lecture.