April 4, 2003
Law School Dean Wins American Bar Association Award
Colleen Khoury, dean of the University of Maine School of
Law, has been named a recipient of the American Bar Association's
Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award. The ABA
Commission on Women in the Profession established this award
to recognize and celebrate the accomplishment of women lawyers
who have achieved professional excellence in their fields
and influenced other women to pursue legal careers, opened
doors for women lawyers in a variety of job settings that
historically were closed to them, or advanced opportunities
for women within a practice area or segment of the profession.
Margaret Brent, for whom the award was named, was the first
woman lawyer in America. In 1648, she formally demanded a
"vote and voyce" in the Maryland Assembly, which the governor
denied. She has been called "the first woman in America to
make a stand for the rights of her sex."
Dean Khoury is one of five recipients of the 2003 award,
which will be presented at the ABA's annual meeting in San
Francisco this summer. Other distinguished recipients from
past years include Janet Reno, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Barbara
Jordan, Bella Abzug, Anita Hill, and Pat Schroeder.
Khoury, a professor at the School of Law since 1985, was
named the fifth dean in 1998, succeeding Donald Zillman. She
is the first woman to serve as dean of the School.
Khoury, a resident of Portland, is a native of Queens, New
York. She is a graduate of Colby College, and graduated from
Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law
in 1975. Before returning to Maine, she practiced tax and
corporate law in Chicago.
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