Carolyn Johnsen Given Outstanding Achievement Award from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

6.4.07

Carolyn Johnsen, a Member of Jennings Strouss, was chosen for her work as co-chair in establishing "Arizona Women Lawyers Honoring Justice O'Connor," a new fund to honor O'Connor through the ASU College of Law that now bears her name.

The fund will be used for scholarships and other programs chosen in consultation with Justice O'Connor. The fund is the beginning of a 50-state effort by the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law to recognize the justice's legacy of judicial and community leadership.

"The project was an easy one to undertake as the opportunity to lead the effort to pay tribute to Justice O'Connor has truly been an honor," Johnsen says. "Justice O'Connor is an icon for women lawyers. ASU is a school that has had the vision to see Justice O'Connor as the national treasure that she is, and capture in the naming of the school what she represents, not just for women lawyers but for all lawyers."
Johnson credited the enthusiasm of Marilyn Seymann, associate dean of external affairs, and the college's dean, Patricia White, for the success of the project.