2014 NCWBA Member Organizations

2013-2014 NCWBA Officers and Board

     

April 2014 

2014 Women's Bar Leadership Summit is August 8 in Boston

Plan to join leaders of women's bar associations from across the United States and Canada in Boston on August 8 for our 2014 Women's Bar Leadership Summit. After welcoming remarks from the Honorable Barbara A. Lenk, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, our opening keynote speaker will be Lauren Stiller Rikleen, author of the highly acclaimed, ground-breaking book You Raised Us, Now Work With Us-Millennials, Career Success and Building Strong Workplace Teams. Her book is an indispensable resource to help Millennials, Gen-Xers and Baby Boomers understand generational differences and create a more effective work environment. Each attendee will receive a copy of this book.  

 

Koriamanya Carew, Director of Strategic Diversity Initiatives at Shook, Hardy & Bacon, will discuss current issues in breaking barriers in diversity.  

 

The winners of the 2014 Public Service and Outstanding Member Program Awards will be honored at a special luncheon at the Boston College Club, a short walk away from the Summit venue of Suffolk University Law School. The New Hampshire Women's Bar Association will be honored for Overcoming Cancer's Legal Challenges. The Outstanding Member Program Award will be presented to Broward County Women Lawyers' Association for Maze of Injustice--Issues and Concerns Involving Native American Women and Children in the Courts. Our luncheon keynote speaker will be Nancy Gertner. Formerly a federal judge, Nancy Gertner is now Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School. She will be honored as a recipient of this year's Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award. 

 

Caryl Rivers, Professor of Journalism at Boston University and Rosalind Barnett, Senior Scientist, Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, co-authors of the book The New Soft War on Women, will comment on harmful media narratives about gender.  

 

As usual, we will set aside time for attendees to share great ideas and programs of their own women's bar associations. The cost for the full-day program, including continental breakfast, awards luncheon and a copy of You Raised Us, Now Work With Us is $200. Registration will open shortly. In the meantime, it is not too early to reserve your room at the Nine-Zero Hotel, where we have a special Summit rate of $249 for a single or double, with tax. Click here, or call the hotel at 1-800 KIMPTON  and ask for the Women's Bar Leadership Summit rate.   

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While you are in Boston, be sure to attend the always inspiring Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Luncheon on Sunday, August 10, from noon until 2:00 pm at the Hynes Convention Center. Individual tickets are $110 if purchased in advance by June 16.  For more information about the event, click here. Here is a list of this year's honorees: 

• Hon. Nancy Gertner; Harvard Law School and Judge (Retired); U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts; Cambridge, MA
• Anastasia D. Kelly; Co-Managing Partner Americas; DLA Piper; Washington, DC
• Allie B. Latimer; Former General Counsel; General Services Administration; Washington, DC
• Hon. Kathryn Doi Todd; Associate Justice (Retired); California Court of Appeal, Second District; Los Angeles, CA
• Marissa C. Wesely; Of Counsel; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; New York, NY

Twitter Update

Is it time for your women's bar association to begin tweeting? Many women's bar associations have mastered the effective use of Twitter as one more way to communicate with their members and the wider legal community, but they are still in the minority. If you are just getting started, take a look at the Twitter feed for Lawyers Association for Women, Marion Griffin Chapter. They have a good mix of association news and items of topical interest for women lawyers. Their look reflects the new look available via the recently launched Twitter profile design. Click here for more information on the latest design changes. Remember, if you decide to use Twitter, you must tweet from time to time lest people think your organization is inactive. And once you launch a Twitter account, make sure you include links from your home page and any electronic newsletters or announcements you may produce.  Don't make your members have to search for your Twitter presence!

The NCWBA maintains three separate listserves. Presidents and Presidents-Elect of our member associations are eligible for our Presidents Circle listserve.  Executive Directors and those who take on primary administrative tasks for member organizations which do not have paid staff are eligible for our Executive Directors listserve. Anyone involved with women's bar associations as a leader or member may opt to join our NCWBA@yahoogroups.com list.  This is an interactive list which is a great resource for referral requests, job announcements and other matters of interest to women's bar associations. To join this list, send us an e-mail with your name and the e-mail which you wish to use, describing your involvement in a women's bar association. Let us know if you know of people who wish to be added to any of our lists.

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Member organizations are invited to have links to significant upcoming events on our "Members" page. Send us your links!