Kathleen J Wu

September 03, 2019 | Texas Lawyer

Excelling in Sports Is Not So Dissimilar to the Practice of Law

By Kathleen J. Wu

5 minute read

April 29, 2019 | Texas Lawyer

As our newly reconfigured House of Representatives settles into business and the world of higher ed is reacting to a massive college admissions bribery…

By Kathleen J. Wu

5 minute read

June 05, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

Women make up 45 percent of associates but one-fifth of partners.

By Kathleen J. Wu

1 minute read

December 01, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Even for women who haven't been harassed or assaulted (which I am fortunate enough to be), there is a price to be paid for a culture that denigrates and objectifies women. Many women, even if they haven't been harassed or assaulted, know that they are most likely missing out on opportunities simply because they are women.

By Kathleen J. Wu

4 minute read

July 01, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Back in April, a team of researchers at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law released a study showing that female justices on the U.S. Supreme Court were interrupted significantly more than their male counterparts.

By Kathleen J. Wu

11 minute read

May 30, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Recent studies show that Asian-Americans—the so-called "model minority"—aren't thriving in the legal profession to the extent that our "model-ness" might warrant.

By Kathleen J. Wu

7 minute read

August 26, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Having been awoken to unconscious bias a few years ago, I now can't help seeing it everywhere—in the workplace, in the presidential election and, most recently, during the Olympics.

By Kathleen J. Wu

13 minute read

June 01, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

One of the recurring motifs in gender politics is that "women are just as hard on other women as men are, maybe even harder."

By Kathleen J. Wu

8 minute read

May 02, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Hopefully, the spirit of an upcoming Women in Law hackathon will stay true to the hackathon ethos: experts and fresh thinkers coming together to generate bold, even crazy, ideas for new products, new services and, in the case of this event, new solutions to persistent problems.

By Kathleen J. Wu

4 minute read

February 22, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Women and minorities are now in a powerful enough political, cultural and economic position to have their complaints heard and, in some cases, heeded.

By Kathleen J. Wu

5 minute read