UND School of Law Women’ s Caucus, a student organization that has long honored Hamilton’ s legacy through its annual Helen Hamilton Day programming.
To ensure the image could be shared more widely, the brothers arranged and paid for the professional reproduction and framing of the photograph. A framed copy was presented to Chief Justice Lisa McEvers, where it now hangs in her chambers. Another copy was given to the UND Law Women’ s Caucus, while the original photograph is displayed in Judge Daniel Traynor’ s office.
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The gift carries special meaning at UND, where the Traynor family has a long lineage of law school alumni. It also reinforces the mission of the Law Women’ s Caucus( LWC), which was founded to advance the rights and improve the position of women and all people in society by furthering legal, civil, and human rights.
Through general meetings, panels, and networking opportunities, the organization connects students with attorneys, judges, and legal educators while promoting the advancement of women in the legal profession. Each year, LWC hosts its signature Helen Hamilton Day symposium, celebrating the first woman graduate of the UND School of Law, the first woman admitted to the North Dakota Bar, and the first woman to apply for membership in the American Bar Association.
Now, with the addition of this historic photograph, Hamilton’ s presence at the dawn of North Dakota’ s legal community will continue to inspire new generations of law students – just as it did when the Traynor brothers first recognized her among the rows of attorneys captured in the image nearly a century ago.
This article was originally published on the North Dakota Law blog on March 13 and is reprinted with permission.
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