Ruiz also points to television programs in recent years that portray women actively holding jobs in prominent legal professions as having a great influence on women interested in law school. Women law organizations and female student ambassadors who aid in recruiting for the School of Law also pave the way for future women in the legal profession. Jennifer Gill, third-year law student from Paris, is a student ambassador for the law school. She recently returned from a conference in Atlanta where SIU's School of Law was represented in recruitment efforts. We are able to share our experiences with them from one student to another.
Women account for almost half of the law school's student ambassadors.
There are many women in law school at SIUC and it is no longer an odd issue, Gill said. The women professors Gill had her first year were encouraging for her to see as a young woman interested in legal professions. They were good examples for me. Women law students are able to join the Women's Law Forum, an SIUC organization that promotes job awareness for women in law school. Women's Law Forum President Amy Germann, second-year law student from Florida, said soon employers will not discriminate against women in legal professions because there will be many more women.