The Women and the Law Committee, along with the Racial and Ethnic Minority Committee and other sponsors,hosted a program and reception on April 26, 2012 at the 5th Appellate District in Mt. Vernon. The program highlighted women in the Illinois Judiciary and featured a keynote address by Michele M. Jochner on the history of women lawyers and judges in Illinois, as well as the Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission’s exhibit titled “Early Illinois Women Lawyers.”