About
WTA9

our vision

Community. Equity. Parity.
We seek to bridge the gap for underrepresented communities in law and beyond by being a resource and a guide.

our story

we do it for Frederika May


Attending law school in the 1940s, Frederika, the Great-Aunt of our Founding Member Jennifer Mouzis, was forced to rethink her law career dreams due to discrimination from her professors and fellow students who insisted that she belonged in the kitchen, not the courtroom. While we have made great strides to include women and other marginalized groups in the law, many of the outdated views faced by Fredrika continue to exist. We have come so far, and yet have much further to go before we see a truly inclusive and equal environment for women in the law.

WTA9 exists because Aunt Frederika showed us that qualified women are often overlooked or left behind. Icons like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Kentanji Brown, Elena Kagan, Sandra Day O'Connor, Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Patricia Guerrero, Kelli Evans, Leondra Kruger, Carol Corrigan, and others have proven women belong and bring indispensable value to decision-making spaces.

our founders

Jennifer Mouzis

Chair

Temperance Harkins

Treasurer

Marilyn Mobert

Secretary

Alexis Brown

Member at Large

artwork

by vicki behringer

When There Are Nine artwork by Vicki BehringerWhen There Are Nine artwork by Vicki Behringer