Posted: June 26th, 2018 | By: Lisa Snedeker
The first woman to lead Wake Forest Law, an assistant chief counsel to the Watergate Committee, a former Charlotte mayor, and a nationally known criminal defense attorney are just four of the nine Wake Forest University alumni inducted into the inaugural North Carolina Lawyers Hall of Fame at a luncheon on June 26, 2018, at the Capital Club in downtown Raleigh.
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Posted: January 26th, 2016 | By: Lindsey Gallinek
Catharine Arrowood (BA ’73, JD ’76) is one of 61 newly elected members to the American Law Institute (ALI), according to the Institute’s press release.
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Posted: October 23rd, 2015 | By: Lisa Snedeker
About 30 women attended Wake Forest Law’s “Grit and Growth Mindset: Advancing Women in the Law” training on Oct. 22 presented by Women in Law, the Office of Career & Professional Development and the Forsyth County Women Attorneys Association in the Worrell Professional Center. The session was held as part of the second annual All-Law School Alumni Weekend (LAW). Continue reading »
Posted: October 8th, 2015 | By: Lindsey Gallinek and Juliet Beckstrand
Wake Forest Law’s Women in Law, the Office of Career & Professional Development (OCPD) and the Forsyth County Women Attorneys Association will present “Grit and Growth Mindset: Advancing Women in the Law” from 3 to 5 p.m on Thursday, Oct. 22, in the Worrell Professional Center, Room 1101. Catharine Arrowood (JD ’73), former president of the North Carolina Bar Association, and the Honorable Denise Hartsfield (JD ’91) will help lead the training. Registration for the training, which is free and open to current students and alumni, is available here.
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Posted: September 10th, 2015 | By: Lisa Snedeker
North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin has announced the full membership of the newly created North Carolina Commission on the Administration of Law and Justice (NCCALJ).
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Posted: June 19th, 2015 | By: Lisa Snedeker
When Catharine Arrowood (’73, ’76) attended Wake Forest Law, it was a different time. In 1973, women were just beginning to gain a foothold in careers such as law that were traditionally reserved for men. Continue reading »
Posted: January 30th, 2015 | By: Elizabeth Dalrymple
The North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) Board of Governors has voted unanimously to award the H. Brent McKnight Renaissance Lawyer Award to newly named Wake Forest Law Dean Suzanne Reynolds (’77). The award will be presented at the NCBA Annual Meeting on Friday, June 19, in Asheville, North Carolina. Catharine Arrowood (BA ’73, JD ’76), partner at Parker Poe and president of the NCBA, will present the award to Dean Reynolds. Arrowood received the award in 2011. Continue reading »
Posted: January 27th, 2015 | By: Kenna Simmons
Catharine Biggs Arrowood (’73, ’76) was featured in the 2015 Super Lawyers North Carolina magazine’s February cover story. The article, “You’re just here to find a husbands,” gives an oral history of North Carolina’s first female attorneys in the 1970s. Continue reading »
