News & Events

I’m delighted that the National Association of Women Lawyers’ April Book Club will feature “The Lawyer’s Guide to Mentoring, 2nd Edition.” I’ll be in discussion with past NAWL president Lisa B. Horowitz. Register here.

Please join me at the National Legal Mentoring Consortium Conference at the University of South Carolina Law School April 12-14, 2018. I’ll present on April 13 on “Mentoring for Diversity & Inclusiveness.”

My new book, The Lawyer’s Guide to Mentoring, 2nd Edition, was featured in the March 19, 2018 issue of Peer Resources Bulletin. Delighted that they called the book “fabulous.”

Reporter Mark Calvey featured me in an article he wrote about how professional firms are having trouble dealing with the important issue of retiring partners.

Please join me for a telephone conference sponsored by the Consumer Litigation, Minority Trial Lawyers and Young Advocates Committees of the ABA Litigation Section. We will discuss why and how young lawyers should seek out appropriate mentors who can help guide them in generating business, and how more experienced attorneys can effectively mentor junior attorneys in this critical area of practice. Register here.

Burt Lipshie will interview me about my forthcoming book, The Lawyers’ Guide to Mentoring, 2nd Edition, at the Professional Development Institute in Washington, DC.

Excited to be going on a Civil Rights Study Trip to Alabama with the Board and professional staff of Facing History and Ourselves, a great organization of critical importance in our modern world.

Sara Holtz, an expert who has taught and coached countless successful women rainmakers and leaders about business development, now hosts a podcast series called “Advice to My Younger Self.” Sara interviewed me for one of these podcasts. You can listen here to our discussion about “Why you need mentors and sponsors.”

Law Firm Elearning has produced a series of short online learning modules about mentoring for its QuickCustom Skill Burst series. I am an advisor to the company and pleased with the quality of these modules for basic introductory learning about mentoring.

I’ll be speaking to the ACC-NY Women’s Group at Dechert’s NY office on Beyond Mentors – Why You Need a Sponsor.

Another successful and transformative Leadership Academy for Women this year. What amazing women leaders we have in the legal profession!

I am honored and excited to be presenting a one-day course in Melbourne, Australia, on “Confident Leadership – Know it, do it, be it!” The course, which I will co-present with Jill Arkell, Executive Coach, AltusQ, Australia, on April 11, 2017, is the inaugural diversity & inclusion event sponsored by the Centre for Legal Innovation at the College of Law. More details and registration information are available here.

I will be in Denver April 4-5, speaking at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Association of Legal Administrators on “What’s Next? How to Help Senior Lawyers and Administrators Transition Out of Practice.”

WA State Bar’s MentorLink program has posted a 90-minute video in which I discuss with Tim Jaasko-Fisher many aspects of mentoring. The information is relevant and valuable for individuals and programs. 

The next meeting of the Global PD Roundtable will be held March 6-7, 2017 in San Francisco, CA. Roundtable membership is open to talent management and professional development leaders in global law firms. For information about the Roundtable and the meeting agenda, and to register for the meeting, please IdaAbbott [at] aol [dot] com (contact me).