An endowment from member Judge Helen Kinnear expanded the WLAO-run scholarships. While Colleen Purvis Washington successfully advocated for women barristers’ private robbing rooms, ending decades of changing behind curtained areas in halls or behind temporary signs on men’s rooms, many young women entered the profession bringing demands for reform within and outside of the Association. Larger legal associations and the LSUC itself began to offer continuing legal education seminars in specialized fields.
The 1970’s