Women's Bar Association Honors Justice Ginsburg, Mary Kennard

The Women's Bar Association held its annual awards dinner Thursday evening, honoring the work of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Mary Kennard, vice president and general counsel of American University.

Ginsburg, who is pictured with WBA President Lorelie Masters, received the Janet Reno Torchbearer Award in recognition of her years of public service and her work on employment rights before she joined the U.S. Supreme Court.

Kennard was honored as the WBA Woman Lawyer of the Year for her work both with the university and her work in the Washington legal community.

The WBA also released its city-wide survey and report on the advancement and retention of female minority attorneys, titled "Creating Pathways to Success for All." The report outlined ways to retain minority women lawyers in today's law firms and served as a follow-up to the survey the WBA released in 2006.

With more than 800 people, Kim Anderson, event planner for the Women's Bar Association, says the dinner had the most attendees that it has seen in recent years.