The National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) is the leading national voluntary organization devoted to the interests of women lawyers and women's rights. Founded over 100 years ago, NAWL has historically served as an educational forum and an active voice for the concerns of women in the legal profession . 
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NAWL ANNUAL AWARDS LUNCHEON
July 23, 2009 Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, New York
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5th ANNUAL GENERAL COUNSEL INSTITUTE
November 5 & 6, 2009 Westin New York at Times Square
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Sponsorship Opportunities are still available for NAWL's Fifth Annual General Counsel Institute on November 5-6, 2009 in New York City.
Your firm or company can support this premier program for senior in-house women lawyers as it celebrates its five-year milestone. Our 2008 event hosted over 200 attendees from all regions of the country and beyond. Sponsorship fees have been held at 2008 rates, and the benefits enhanced. Act now to be a part of this exceptional gathering of in-house women lawyers! For more information contact NAWL at 312-988-6729 or nawl@nawl.org
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May 26, 2009
NAWL Committee for Evaluation of Supreme Court Nominees to Consider Judge Sonia Sotomayor
In its statement dated May 5, NAWL called upon President Obama to nominate a woman as the next Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and expressed the hope that the pool of candidates from which the nominee was drawn would include many women of color. (click here for statement). NAWL is pleased that President Obama has selected a woman of color to succeed Associate Justice Souter. During the next few weeks, the NAWL Committee for Evaluation of Supreme Court Nominees will apply the same careful and thoughtful screening process it used to consider the nominations of Justices Roberts and Alito to consider Judge Sonia Sotomayor and issue a statement with its evaluation.
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July 23, 2009 Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, New York
NAWL ANNUAL LUNCHEON
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE
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The Waldorf=Astoria is holding a limited number of rooms at the rate of $269 until Monday, June 29, 2009 (212.355.3000 or www.waldorfastoria.hilton.com).
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July 22, 2009 New York, New York
COCKTAIL RECEPTION:
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Alston & Bird
90 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10016
Women Stepping Out So Girls Can Step Up
Benefiting Women’s Step Up Network
Sponsored by: LexisNexis®
Please join NAWL and LexisNexis for an evening of networking and philanthropy as we help to shape the minds and sharpen the networking skills of some of today’s brightest young women! In addition to your own networking time, attendees will be asked to participate in a brief speed networking exercise with these girls (grades 10, 11, 12) who are currently enrolled in the Step Up Women’s Network Young Luminaries program. Attendees are also asked to bring an item to donate from Women’s Step Up Network’s wish list.
Please don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to give back to the next generation of amazing young women! We promise that you will leave inspired and the girls will leave knowing that the sky is the limit and that effective networking is the key to success!
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July 23, 2009 New York, New York
CLE Program:
8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Networking
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. CLE Program
Jones Day
222 East 41st Street
New York, New York 10017
Retaining E-Mails and Documents: What Every In-House and Law Firm Lawyer Needs To Know to Avoid Other People's Mistakes and Ethical Errors
In a world of e-mail communication and increased regulatory scrutiny and litigation, deal lawyers and corporate counsel may be involved in matters that end up in litigation. Learn what to do to avoid an accusation of having destroyed evidence ("spoliation"), and how to advise your clients, so as to protect your clients and yourself from legal and ethical problems. In some recent cases, the litigants have found themselves making claims of work product protection that then exposed them to charges of spoliation. The seminar will take you through some of the recent cases in this area, and a panel of corporate and litigation lawyers will discuss what we can learn from these cases and how to avoid ethical problems and conflicts between claiming work product protection and not having retained all relevant documents (including e-mails).
Cost: $75
July 23, 2009 New York, New York
Karen B. Kahn:
8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
DLA Piper
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
Third Annual Conversation: A Firm to Firm Facilitated Discussion about Women’s Initiatives
For the past two summers women law firm leaders have come together to exchange information about the success and challenges of their women’s initiatives. Given the importance of sharing experiences to advance our efforts, NAWL and KM Advisors are sponsoring the Third Annual Conversation. It will again be facilitated by Karen B. Kahn, executive coach, consultant and principal of KM Advisors, LLC. Join us for breakfast and a lively, important exchange. Due to space limitations, registration is limited to women law firm leaders, one per firm.
Cost: $30
July 23, 2009 New York, New York
Workshop:
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Nixon Peabody
437 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Survival Skills: Straight Up Advice on How to Keep a Job or Find a Job in this Job Market
Whether you are currently employed and wish to gain outside perspective on how to strengthen your current position, whether you are facing an imminent layoff or whether you are currently unemployed, this workshop is for you. Panelists from different areas of the marketplace, including law firm, in-house, placement firm, and legal career counseling, offer their perspectives and guidance on today's market and walk through situations that many of us are facing in this downturn. One-on one consultations with recruiters and career counselors will be available for attendees with advance sign-up
Cost: Free
July 23, 2009 New York, New York
Sara Holtz:
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Davis Polk & Wardwell
450 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017
Bringin' In the Rain - Time Tested Strategies for Building Your Business
Developing new business is a challenge in these difficult economic times. Sara Holtz, one of the national's leading business development coaches for women lawyers and the author of Bringin' In The Rain: A Woman Lawyer's Guide to Business Development, will discuss time-tested strategies for maintaining and building your book of business. This interactive presentation will provide practical advice you can implement now.
Cost: $50
July 14, 2009
Connect, Listen & Learn Series
Moderated by Karen Kahn Ed.D. PCC
2:00 P.M. EST
Justice Older than the Law: the Life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree
The autobiography of a ground-breaking civil rights crusader, lawyer, and ordained minister
by Katie McCabe and Dovey Johnson Roundtree
From the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, to the segregated courtrooms of the nation's capital, from the white male bastion of the World War II Army to the male stronghold of Howard University Law School, from the pulpits of churches where women had waited years for the right to minister--in all these places Dovey Johnson Roundtree (b. 1914) sought justice.
Justice Older than the Law is her story, the product of a remarkable, ten-year collaboration with National Magazine Award-winner Katie McCabe, who joins us to discuss this incredible book. Dovey Johnson Roundtree’s is a vision of biblical and social justice older by far than the law, and her life story speaks movingly and urgently to our racially troubled times.
Justice Older than the Law: the Life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree
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July 15, 2009 Seattle, Washington
Free CLE ProgramPresented by: Women in eDiscovery
2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Perkins Coie LLP
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800
Seattle, WA 98101
The Seattle Chapter of Women in eDiscovery is pleased to invite you to a free CLE program. Our very special guest speakers include some of the world’s top experts in eDiscovery.
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July 30, 2009 Chicago, IL
Presidential CLE Centre
Hyatt Regency Chicago
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m
“The Credit Crisis” How Compensation Practices Adversely Affect the Advancement of Women and Minorities in the Law, and How We Must Change Them
In the wake of today's economic turmoil, receiving fair “credit” for your contributions has never been more important in the practice of law. Yet, the latest research shows a divide between these shared expectations, among even the most well meaning attorneys, and the stark realities of longstanding reward systems in this country's law firms. This CLE Showcase program will explore the extent to which present practices in the profession -- such as pitching and assigning work, “counting credit,” measuring contributions, and “passing on” clients -- account for a disproportionate allocation of money and power. In response to this new data, a panel of general counsel and managing partners will address how to change these practices in order to improve advancement of women and minorities in our profession.
August 1, 2009 Chicago, IL
Sheraton Chicago Ballroom
Level 4
8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Women in the Law: Past, Present and Future
Share 60 years of history-from the bench, government, academia, business, and private practice-in a conversation among an amazing group of women. Representing each decade from 1950 to 2000, this panel will discuss their professional lives, and the accomplishments, changes, and challenges experienced by women lawyers, plus those confronting professionals today.
Moderator: Professor Corinne Cooper
Speakers:
1950s - Justice Ruth Berg, first woman appointed as an Administrative Law Judge, Armed Services
Board of Contract Appeals
1960s - Roberta Karmel, first woman Commissioner of the SEC and Professor, Brooklyn Law School
1970s - Loretta Collins Argrett, first African American to serve as Assistant Attorney General,
Tax Division, Justice Department
1980s - Susan Levy, Managing Partner of Jenner & Block, LLP
1990s - Deneen Stewart, General Counsel, ING Direct
2000s - Daria Boxer, Law Clerk to Judge Samuel L. Bufford
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November 5 & 6, 2009 Westin New York at Times Square, New York, New York
5th ANNUAL GENERAL COUNSEL INSTITUTE
MORE INFO Sponsorship opportunities are still available for NAWL's Fifth Annual General Counsel Institute on November 5-6, 2009 in New York City.
Your firm or company can support this premier program for senior in-house women lawyers as it celebrates its five-year milestone. Our 2008 event hosted over 200 attendees from all regions of the country and beyond. Sponsorship fees have been held at 2008 rates, and the benefits enhanced. Act now to be a part of this exceptional gathering of in-house women lawyers! For more information contact NAWL at 312-988-6729 or
nawl@nawl.org.
Sponsorship Levels and Benefits:
Law Firm SponsorsCorporate Sponsors
Looking for Current or Former DOJ Attorneys: Please Register for Important Research from the American Bar Association
American Bar Association Study on U.S. Department of Justice - Invitation to Register Interest to Be a Survey Participant
The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession is launching the second phase of its groundbreaking research initiative on diversity dynamics in the legal profession. If you are currently employed or have been employed as an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice at any point since January 1, 1994, we invite you to click on the link below to register your interest in receiving the survey.
For the gift that keeps on giving…
NAWL Gift Memberships Available!
By giving a gift membership to the National Association of Women Lawyers, you’ll be providing your favorite lawyer with the opportunity to build business networks, help advance the position of women lawyers, and meet like-minded contemporaries. Prices start at $45 depending on status and seniority. Simply click here to go to the gift membership page and complete the application form. A postcard will be sent to the recipient acknowledging your thoughtful gift. Please feel free to contact the NAWL office at 312-988-6729 with any questions.