Maria de Jesus Serra Lopes is, next to Elina Fraga, one of the protagonists of the big interview of the Bulletin of the Portuguese Bar Association of March 2015, dedicated to the theme "Women: Challenges of the XXI century". The founding partner of SLCM and first female president of the Portuguese Bar Association talks about the exercise of the profession and the position she held on the triennial 1990-1992. She also shares her point of view about some issues that mark out the actuality of the Portuguese advocacy.