Profiles Spring 2023 The Trailblazer Becoming the highest-ranking woman judge ever in South Africa marks the latest “first” in the pathbreaking career of Justice Mandisa Maya LLM ’90 Becoming the regulator After a long career as a securities lawyer and SEC staffer, Mark Uyeda ’95 assumes the role of commissioner Alumni Q & A Managing the fallout Jessica Sklarsky ’09 discusses her work at the Center for Reproductive Rights post Dobbs, and her path to the front lines of the battle to keep abortion legal Forever Duke Nicole De Brigard ’23 has worked throughout her time at Duke Law to make the student body more diverse Spring 2023Volume 42 | No. 1