Each of us brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience and our values.

Sandra Day O'Connor

If we are to achieve a richer culture--one rich in contrasting values--we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.

Margaret Mead

Last month I completed my first year of law school at the University of Arizona, where 50% + of the student body is female and all of our deans are women. I am currently interning at Consumers Union, where the 90% of the office is female. Just today I attended the annual luncheon of Equal Rights Advocates, where 850 supporters celebrated the 35th anniversary of Title IX. Today is a great time to be a woman entering the legal profession: the way has been paved by amazing women leaders (heroines abound!), and there is still much work to do.

I am lucky.