Professor Joyce A. Hughes was honored in August, 2021, with the ABA’s Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award. This award recognizes outstanding women lawyers who have paved the way to success for other women in the legal profession.
As part of receiving this award, Professor Hughes wrote the following essay. The Northwestern University Law Review is honored to reprint this essay here. For more information about Professor Hughes, click here. For more about Professor Hughes receiving the Margaret Brent award, please click here.