Correction: An earlier version of this story misidentified the first woman dean at an ABA-accredited law school. The historical record is inconclusive, but the earliest we could identify was Grace Hays Riley, dean at American University Washington College of Law when that school won accreditation in 1940.

Since 1989, women who run law schools have dined together during an annual American Bar Association workshop for leaders in legal education. Tradition dictates that each attendee talk about her greatest success and failure during the year. They share support and ideas.

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