When Courtney Hirsekorn graduated from Northwestern University School of Law in May, Kathryn Ann Gallanis couldn't have been prouder."I felt like I was one of her family," Gallanis said. "She called me up and told me she really wanted me at her graduation, so I was there. I felt like I was her big sister. I was beaming."That close connection began in 2010, when Gallanis became president of the Women's Bar Association of Illinois and Hirsekorn was a first-year law student.During Gallanis' presidency, she …