Throughout her career Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson has shared her views as both a judge and a pioneering woman in Wisconsin law. She will address the history and role of women in the Wisconsin Bar and State Courts during a visit to UW-River Falls on March 23.
Attendance is free and open to the public.
Morris, who is an attorney, is a member of the UW-RF Women's History Month activities planning committee that is sponsoring the event. During her visit, Abrahamson will discuss personal observations made during her 23 years in the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She became the first woman to serve on the court and only the third to serve on any Wisconsin bench. In 1975, one year before Abrahamson was appointed to the court, women comprised only three percent of the Bar. Today that figure has risen to 25 percent.