Women's Bar Association Resources

Women's Bar Leader Summit

Friday, August 6, 2010, San Francisco

Women's Bar Leader Summit

"Transforming Law, Transforming Lives"

2010 Summit Platinum Sponsor:

2010 Summit Diamond Sponsors:

2010 Summit Gold Sponsors

Griffith, Sadler & Sharp, PA

2010 Summit Silver Sponsor:

Other Events

Thursday, August 5, 2010, San Francisco

"Perceptions of Justice: A Town Hall Dialogue on Race, Ethnicity and the Courts," 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Room 2203, Golden Gate University School of Law, 536 Mission Street

Saturday, August 7, San Francisco

"From Generation to Generation: Remarkable Women Leaders"

10:00 - Noon, Gallery Ballroom, 2nd Floor, St. Regis Hotel

(See ABA Annual Meeting program book for more information.)

Sunday, August 8, 2010, San Francisco

"Fair Trial, Free Press? Trying High-Profile Cases in a 24/7 'New Media' World," 10:30 a.m. to noon, Rooms 2001/2003, 2nd Floor, Moscone Center West, co-sponsored with the National Conference of Federal Trial Judges (See ABA Annual Meeting program book for more information.)

19th Annual Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Awards Luncheon

Wednesday, August 11, 2010, Minneapolis

The Infinity Project: "Achieving Diversity on the Bench in the 21st Century"

September 9-12, 2010, Newark

Third National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference

Our Country, Our World in a "Post-Racial" Era

October 13-17, 2010, San Francisco

National Association of Women Judges

32nd Annual Conference

October 22-24, 2010, Washington, DC

2010 ABA Women Rainmakers Mid-Career Workshop

February 9-11, 2011, New York

4th Annual DirectWomen Board Institute

Public Service and
Outstanding Member Program Awards

Congratulations to 2010 Public Service Award winners Minnesota Women Lawyers for nominating The Infinity Project ,and Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (Legally Speaking). And congratulations to the 2010 Outstanding Member Service Award winners Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers (Young Lawyers Committee Mentoring Program) and the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia (Hit the Ground Running: Practical Skills You Need to Succeed ). The 2010 awards will be presented in San Francisco on Friday, August 6.

For more information about the Public Service and Outstanding Member Program Awards, click here.

News

The website http://ms-jd.org/ provides news and timely discussions about matters of interest to women lawyers, judges and law students.

UN Women is created to advance gender equality.

US Solicitor General Elena Kagan is nominated to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens on the US Supreme Court. To see C-Span video, click here.