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The Portia Project™ Podcast seeks to inspire the next generation of women lawyers and law students by sharing the stories of high achieving women in the law – their paths to the bench, the bar, and beyond. Their personal histories, spanning the 1960’s to today, chronicle women’s progress in the legal profession and business world, and serve as powerful reminders that there are many individual paths to success.
As master storyteller Bobette Buster puts it: “Stories, told well and acted upon by one generation, ignite the next generation to greatness; because they have heard with their own ears, and seen with their own eyes, what courage can achieve.”
Guests stepping into the spotlight to share their career stories include federal judges, state supreme court justices, and state trial judges from across the country, as well as leading trial lawyers, general counsel, law professors, business and nonprofit executives, and founders. They provide tips on effective lawyering and reveal the array of meaningful careers possible with a law degree, in a format that is a far cry from formal judicial or lawyer profiles in traditional legal publications – one that brings out the interviewees’ human side and lets their personality shine through.
By listening to the lives of these lawyers and judges, you will gain a clearer idea of how they built their careers and may be inspired to follow in their footsteps. Who knows, maybe the next woman to revolutionize law, business, or the judiciary will be you!
Hosting the podcast is M.C. Sungaila, a practicing lawyer for more than 30 years, who has consistently been named one of the Top 100 Women Lawyers in California by the legal newspaper The Daily Journal. She focuses on civil appeals, writs, and related trial strategy and consulting. M.C. received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for her combined professional achievements in humanitarian and pro bono work. She shares this recognition with seven U.S. Presidents, Nobel Prize winners, athletes, artists, and industry leaders who made a significant contribution to humanity.
M.C. invites amazing judges and lawyers to the podcast to share their valuable, inspiring legal advice. With each guest, you receive the best of both worlds: tips to improve your law practice and insights to enhance your career trajectory.
Join M.C. Sungaila in this meaningful journey to elevate your legal career and forge the path to becoming the lawyer of your dreams.
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The Path to Nonprofit Leadership: A Compilation Episode
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Thriving in BigLaw: A Compilation Episode
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May 25, 2026 |
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The Path to - and Role of - General Counsel
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May 18, 2026 |
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Elizabeth Sanchez Chang
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May 11, 2026 |
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Julia Smith Gibbons
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May 11, 2026 |
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Laurie Earl
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May 04, 2026 |
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Presiding Judges Panel at CLA Annual Litigation and Appellate Summit
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Nicole Stott
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Marketing and Presentation Skills: A Compilation Episode
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Carol Codrington
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Diana Hagen
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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The Path to Space Law: A Compilation Episode
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Aarti Holla-Maini
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Lauren Kleiman
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Dr. Ulpia-Elena Botezatu
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Best of the Portia Project II: Guest Mottos
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Best of the Portia Project: Guest Mottos
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Best of the Portia Project: Judges' Top Tips on Briefwriting
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Michelle Wulfestieg
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Rachel Barchie
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Theresa Harris
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Barbara M. G. Lynn
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Kiersten Fortson
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Rachel Williams
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Victoria Samson
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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The Path to Space Law: A Compilation Episode
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Christine Calve
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Stacy Bratcher
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Kathleen O'Leary
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Marisa Cianciarulo
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Karen Stevenson
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Carl St. Clair
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Timiebi Aganaba
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Anna Manasco
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Monica Palko
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Laurie Earl
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May 19, 2025 |
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Janna Lewis
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May 12, 2025 |
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Amanda Rutenberg
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May 05, 2025 |
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Allison Brecher
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Patricia Hunt Holmes
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Kalpana Srinivasan
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Sabrina Shizue McKenna
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Rosemary Pooler
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Anne Burke
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Christine Durham
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Roberta Liebenberg and Lauren Rikleen on Women's Progress in the Legal Profession
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Lauren Kleiman
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Elizabeth D. Walker
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Ashley Herd
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Harmeet K. Dhillon
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Julia Smith Gibbons
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Ann K. Covington
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Raquel Montoya-Lewis
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Aarti Holla-Maini
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Best Of The Portia Project II: Guest Mottos
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Best Of The Portia Project II: Brief Writing And Oral Argument Tips
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Lee H. Rosenthal
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Dorothy W. Nelson And Lisa Kloppenberg
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Girls Inc.
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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PLAC Women's Forum Live Panel Discussion
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Ninth Circuit Law School Clinic Alumni Panel With Tina Kuang, Molly Okamura, And Sydney Wong
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Christine Calvé
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Allison Brecher
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Martha Gooding
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Michelle Wulfestieg
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Catrina Melograna
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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John B. Owens
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Sandra L. Phillips
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Holly Pascal
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Wendy Wood
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Legal Design: Tessa Manuello, Astrid Kohlmeier, Sarah Ouis - (replay)
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Nicole Clark, Dorna Moini, Jacqui Schafer - Legal Tech (replay)
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Lucy Koh
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Carl St. Clair
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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TPP Marketing & Presentation Skills: A Compilation Episode
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Thriving In BigLaw: A Compilation Episode
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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The Path To Space Law: A Compilation Episode
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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The Path To Nonprofit Leadership: A Compilation Episode
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Inhouse Counsel Guests' Mottos - A Compilation Episode
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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In-House Counsel Tips for Outside Counsel - A Compilation Episode
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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The Path To - and Role of - General Counsel - Compilation Episode
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Presiding Judges Panel At CLA Annual Litigation And Appellate Summit
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Center For Women In The Law Power Summit With Lori Cohen
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May 20, 2024 |
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Space Beach Law Lab With Aaron Brynildson
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May 13, 2024 |
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Space Beach Law Lab With Michelle Hanlon And Caryn Schenewerk
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May 06, 2024 |
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Patricia Benke
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Bonni Pomush
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Kelsie Rutherford
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Bailey Reichelt
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Stacy Horth-Neubert
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Anna Manasco
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Rachel Barchie
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Monica Palko
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Judith Haller
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Cindy Thyer
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Maria Moskver
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Rita Gruber
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Nicole Stott
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Timiebi Aganaba
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Shelli Brunswick
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Anne Marie Seibel
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Judith Clark
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Best Of The Portia Project: Guest Mottos
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Best Of The Portia Project: Judges' Top Tips For Oral Argument
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Best Of The Portia Project: Judges' Top Tips On Briefwriting
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Kimberly Merrifield
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Lauren Kleiman
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Cheri Pham
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Lisa Sarnoff Gochman
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Stacy Bratcher
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Ruth Pritchard-Kelly
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Michelle Banks
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Angela Meyer
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Diana Hagen
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Roberta Liebenberg & Lauren Rikleen On Women's Progress In The Legal Profession
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Elaine Hammond
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Denise Dragoo
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Robyn Crowther
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Franceska Schroeder
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Carol W. Carpenter
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Ninth Circuit Law School Clinic Alumni Panel With Tina Kuang, Molly Okamura, And Sydney Wong
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Jean Lawler, Mediator, Arbitrator, and Former Law Firm Managing Partner
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Rachel Cossar, Founder and CEO of Virtual Sapiens and Former Professional Ballerina
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Maria Hernandez, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of Orange County, California
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Suzette Torres
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Barbara Madsen, Washington Supreme Court Justice
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Samantha P. Jessner
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Stacy D. Phillips
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Patricia Millett
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Jeanniey Walden
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Cheryl Tobin
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Amy Lyn Blake
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Ashley Herd
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Laurie McKinnon
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Laurie D. Zelon
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Bernice B. Donald
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Martha L. Walters
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May 29, 2023 |
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Raquel Montoya-Lewis
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May 25, 2023 |
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Sheryl Gordon McCloud
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May 22, 2023 |
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Susan M. Carney
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May 18, 2023 |
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Alison R. Nelson
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May 15, 2023 |
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Melody J. Stewart
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May 11, 2023 |
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Kathleen E. O'Leary
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May 08, 2023 |
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Helen Whitener
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May 04, 2023 |
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Legal Design: Tessa Manuello, Astrid Kohlmeier, Sarah Ouis
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May 01, 2023 |
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Mary Jane Theis
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Elizabeth T. Clement
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Elissa F. Cadish
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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PLAC Women's Forum Live Panel Discussion
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Heidi Zuckerman
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Adrianne Marshack
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Caryn Schenewerk
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Theresa Harris
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Holly Kirby
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Anne M. Burke
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Megan K. Cavanagh
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Elena J. Duarte
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Amy Impellizzeri
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Texas Appellate Law Podcast Crossover Episode With D. Todd Smith And Jody Sanders
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Carol D. Codrington
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Dawn H. Beam
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Anita Earls
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Jamie Beck
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Dorothy W. Nelson And Lisa Kloppenberg
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Consuelo Maria "Connie" Callahan
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Noma D. Gurich
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Camila Lopez
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Lorie Skjerven Gildea
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Elspeth B. Cypher
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Jessica Aronoff
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Melissa Hart
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Jessica S. Henry
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Yolanda V. Torres
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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M. Margaret McKeown
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Noella A. Sudbury
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Nancy Staudt
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Andrea Sheridan Ordin
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Sabrina Shizue McKenna
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Julia Smith Gibbons
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Maureen O'Connor
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Jennafer Wagner And Erin Smith
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Marcie Getelman
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Karen M. Ashby
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Paloma Ahmadi
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Caryn Geraghty Jorgensen
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Jacqueline Nguyen
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Kim Hardeman
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Barbara J. Dawson
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Erin Levine
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Deborah R. Hensler
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Erin Wilson
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Erin F. Giglia
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Ann Kappler
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Chase T. Rogers
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Amanda Paletz
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Amy M. Stewart
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Molly Dwyer
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Sasha M. Cummings
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Ann K. Covington
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Dana Kuehn
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Sonia Escobio O'Donnell
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Nancy Wieben Stock
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Moujan Kazerani
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Rosemary Pooler
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Briana H. Zamora
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Mary Card Mina
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Maria Stratton
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Kimberly "Kate" Anne Knill
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Rhonda K. Wood
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Sarah Beth Landau
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Jennifer L. Keller
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Cyndie M. Chang
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Dawn Du Verney
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Jessica Hubbard
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Hillary H. Holmes
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Paula W. Hinton
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Diane Pamela Wood
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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L. Rachel Lerman
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Joan K. Irion
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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A. Hillary Grosberg
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Larisa Dinsmoor
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Joanne Caruso
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Jessie Kornberg
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Camila Maturana
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Kalpana Srinivasan
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Debra H. Lehrmann
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Bridget McCormack
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Girls Inc.
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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E36 | Judith McConnell
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Leigh Ferrin
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Nicole Bershon
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Nicole Clark, Dorna Moini, Jacqui Schafer
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Christine Byrd
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Anna Blackburne-Rigsby
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Jennifer Friend
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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Lee Smalley Edmon
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Tracy LeSage
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Rebecca A. Delfino
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Jane Bland
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Lyrissa Lidsky
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Harmeet K. Dhillon
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Danielle J. Viola
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Sheila Murphy
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Katrina Foley
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Lisa K. Lang
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May 30, 2022 |
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Antoinette Naddour
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May 23, 2022 |
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Michelle Hanlon
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May 16, 2022 |
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Patricia Hunt Holmes
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May 09, 2022 |
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Therese M. Stewart
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May 02, 2022 |
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Annaliese Fleming
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Lynn Hecht Schafran
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Ann Scott Timmer
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Adrienne Grover
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Leah Ward Sears
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Joanne Motoike
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Eileen C. Moore
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Lee H. Rosenthal
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Judith Ashmann-Gerst
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Christine Mayle
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Margaret Grignon
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Elizabeth D. Walker
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Karen Scott
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Michelle Williams Court
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Christine Durham
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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