Judith L. Lichtman

Judith Lichtman graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1965[1] as one of two women in a class of 150.

[2] Lichtman began her legal career as a civil rights attorney working on school desegregation in the southern United States for the federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

Lichtman also worked with the commission to investigate low-income women's issues and the link between race and gender.

[3][8] Lichtman has served on numerous boards and advisory committees, including: the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights,[9] the Center for American Progress,[10] EMILY's List,[8] Equal Justice Works, the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, Mississippi Center for Justice, and the American Civil Liberties Union's Women's Rights Project.

Judith Lichtman received the 1989 Frontrunner Award in Humanities from the Sara Lee Corporation.

[2] Lichtman received the Margaret Brent Achievement Award in 2005, presented by the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession.