With my colleague Kenneth Imo, Director of Diversity at WilmerHale, I am conducting a survey on law firm sponsorship programs. Kenneth and I will discuss sponsorship, including our preliminary survey findings, in a webinar for the Professional Development Consortium.
I will be the featured speaker at a conference sponsored by the Women Lawyers of Utah, in Park City, UT, discussing leadership and political savvy.
The Futures Conference of the College of Law Practice Management will take place in Boston this year. I will be a break-out group facilitator, and also look forward to both induction of new Fellows and presentation of the InnovAction Awards.
On October 15, I will moderate a panel on advancing the careers of women lawyers in both private practice and corporate law departments at the Dorsey & Whitney Corporate Counsel Seminar in Minneapolis.
The New York Women’s Bar Association Foundation has invited me to discuss my book at a breakfast event being held at The Cornell Club in New York City.
I will conduct a program on why and how to find sponsors for the Fellows of the new On-Ramp Fellowship, which provides opportunities in law firms for experienced women lawyers who want to re-enter the profession after taking time out.
The 2014 Hastings Leadership Academy for Women will take place July 23-26 in San Francisco. This unique course is for women law firm partners and experienced in-house counsel. For additional information and to register, click here.
The Santa Cruz County Bar Association will host a Luncheon for Champions to honor sponsors and promote sponsorship. The event will take place at the Hotel Paradox in Santa Cruz.
I will present a webinar on “Finding Sponsors” for the inaugural Fellows hired through the new OnRamp Fellowship.
I will present a webinar for Watermark on July 9, 2014, on “Sponsoring Women: What Men Need to Know.”
The next meeting of the Global PD Roundtable will be in Minneapolis on June 23-24. Anyone who is interested in joining the Roundtable and attending the meeting should contact me.
I’ll be in Seattle, where DLA Piper will host a Breakfast for Champions.
I am on the Advisory Board of Facing History and Ourselves and will be traveling with the Board to Poland on a study tour.
I will lead a discussion of “Beyond the New Lawyer: Mentoring at Later Career Stages,” at the National Legal Mentoring Consortium Conference in Columbus, Ohio.
The next meeting the Women Leaders Roundtable will be in San Francisco at 4:00 on April 29. Anyone interested in joining the Roundtable and attending the meeting should contact me.
The Law Without Walls ConPosium will be at the University of Miami April 12-13, and I’ll be there with my team to support our students.