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2015 NCWBA Member Organizations

Women Lawyers Section of the Birmingham Bar Association

Arizona Women Lawyers Association

California Women Lawyers 

Lawyers Club of San Diego 

Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles 

Colorado Women's Bar Association

Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia 

Florida Association for Women Lawyers 

Broward County Women Lawyers Association

Georgia Association for Women Lawyers

Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys

Iowa Organization of Women Attorneys

Polk County Women Attorneys

Kansas Women Attorneys Association 

Wichita Women Attorneys Association 

Association for Women Attorneys (New Orleans) 

Women's Bar Association of Maryland

Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts 
Women Lawyers Association of Michigan

Minnesota Women Lawyers

Mississippi Women Lawyers Association 

Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City

New Hampshire Women's Bar Association 

New Mexico Women's Bar Association

Women's Bar Association of the State of New York

New York Women's Bar Association

North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys 

Oregon Women Lawyers 

Oregon Women Lawyers Foundation

South Carolina Women Lawyers Association

Lawyers Association for Women - Marion Griffin Chapter

Dallas Women Lawyers Association

Washington Women Lawyers

Canadian Bar Association Women Lawyers Forum

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2014-2015 NCWBA Officers and Board
Lauren Tucker McCubbin
President
Lauren Tucker McCubbin
Kansas City, MO
 
President-Elect
Katherine Brown
Dover, NH

Vice President-Fundraising and Strategic Partnering
Barbara L. Harris Chiang
San Francisco, CA
 
Vice President-Membership
Amanda Green Alexander
Jackson, MS
 
Vice President-Finance 
Celia J.Collins
Mobile, AL
 
Secretary
Nicolette Zachary
Bloomfield Hills, MI
 
Treasurer
Andrea Kramer
Boston, MA
 

Immediate Past President

Andrea Carlise
Oakland, CA
   
ABA Delegate
Marjorie O'Connell
Washington, DC
 
Board
Teresa M. Beck
San Diego, CA
Misty Blair
Houston, TX
Robin Bresky
Boca Raton, FL
 
Melinda J. Caterine
Portland, ME 
Jeanne Marie Clavere
Seattle, WA
Leigh-Ann Patterson Durant
Rockland, MA
Patricia M. Jarzobski
Denver CO
Christina A. Jump
Dallas, TX
Maria L. Kreiter
Milwaukee, WI 
Monica Parham
Washington, DC
Suzanne Prysak
Chicago, IL
Adwoa Ghartey-Tagoe Seymour
Atlanta, GA
Patricia Sturdevant
Sacramento, CA
Laura Caldera Taylor
Portland, OR
Melissa K. Walker
Raleigh, NC 
Angel Zimmerman
Topeka, KS
 
Executive Director
S. Diane Rynerson
Portland, OR
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February 2015 
How are You Creating and Preserving Your Association's History?
March--Women's History Month--is a great time to think about what you are doing as an association both to create the kind of history you will be proud of decades from now and to preserve that history in an accessible and meaningful way. The steps you take need not be as ambitious as Washington Women Lawyers' Legacy Project, which received the NCWBA's 2013 Outstanding Member Program Award, but even the smallest efforts will bring lasting rewards. Get inspired by the work of other women's bar associations by taking a look at our history resources page.

 

Earlier this month, at the ABA midyear meeting in Houston, Ida Abbott, author of the newly-published book, Sponsoring Women: What Men Need to Know, described how men and women can partner to advocate for the advancement and retention of women in the legal profession. She was joined by a panel including  

Amy Chronis, Partner, Deloitte & Touche, Mark Coffin, managing partner of Seyfarth Shaw's Houston office, the Honorable R.K. Sandill of the Harris County District Court in Houston, and Michele Coleman Mayes, chair of the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession and Vice President and General Counsel  of the New York Public Library. For an article about the program, click here. For program materials, click here. To see photos from the event, click here.

 

Thanks go to association co-sponsors the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, and Texas Women Lawyers. In addition to our association sponsors, we thank the following organizations and individuals for their financial support of the program: Polsinelli, Alexander Law, PA, Dillingham & Murphy, LLP, EMD Serono, Inc, Patton Wolan Carlise, LLP, Katherine Brown, Jeanne Marie Clavere, Christy Jump, Patricia Sturdevant and Nicolette Zachary.

It's Time to Renew Your Membership
NCWBA's membership year runs with the calendar year, which means it is time to join or renew for 2015. We rely on women's bar associations, sections and committees to provide both financial support through payment of membership dues and active collaboration through the exchange of ideas, best practices and leadership strategies via our listserves, our teleconferences and in-person meetings. Thank you to those members who have already sent in their 2015 dues: Women Lawyers Section of the Birmingham Bar Association, Arizona Women Lawyers Association, California Women Lawyers, Lawyers Club of San Diego, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Colorado Women's Bar Association, Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Broward County Women Lawyers Association, Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Georgia Association for Women Lawyers, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, Iowa Organization of Women Attorneys, Polk County Women Attorneys, Kansas Women Attorneys Association, Wichita Women Attorneys Association, Association for Women Attorneys - New Orleans, Women's Bar Association of Maryland, Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts, Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, Minnesota Women Lawyers, Mississippi Women Lawyers Association, Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City, New Hampshire Women's Bar Association, New Mexico Women's Bar Association, New York Women's Bar Association, Women's Bar Association of the State of New York, North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, Oregon Women Lawyers, Oregon Women Lawyers Foundation, South Carolina Women Lawyers Association, Lawyers Association for Women - Marion Griffin Chapter, Dallas Women Lawyers Association, Washington Women Lawyers and the Canadian Bar Association Women Lawyers Forum. Thanks, too, to the organizations who have let us know that their membership dues will be coming soon. Click here for a membership form. Questions? Contact us.
Save the Date: Women's Bar Leadership Summit in  Chicago, Friday, July 31
Plan to be in Chicago on Friday, July 31 for our annual full-day Women's Bar Leadership Summit, This year's theme will be Forging New Paths--Women, Careers & the Law. We'll be meeting at the offices of the Chicago Bar Association with the Awards Luncheon at the nearby Palmer House Hilton. Cost of the full-day Summit, including the Awards Luncheon and a film the evening before, will remain $200. An agenda and other details  will be available soon.
Past NCWBA Presidents Andrea Carlise and Mary Wolverton to be Honored on March 18
Two special people are being honored on the same evening, over 2,000 miles apart: Andrea Carlise (NCWBA president, 2013-2014) and Mary Wolverton (NCWBA president, 2000-2001). Mary Wolverton is being honored as a "Leader in the Law" by the Wisconsin Law Journal and Andrea Carlise is being honored as a human rights advocate by the International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law. For more information about the Milwaukee event, click here. For more on the San Francisco event, which will be streamed live on line, click here.
Women Lawyers in Cambridge and London
September 7-14, 2015
Oregon Women Lawyers has organized a trip to England for the week of Labor Day and you are invited! Highlights of the trip will include an escorted tour of "Legal London," including the historic Inns of Courts, with a luncheon in the Middle Temple. A full day of CLE programming, an escorted tour of the Suffolk wool towns and a reception with women solicitors and barristers are included. Click here for more information.
NCWBA Listserves
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 listserve on Yahoo Groups.  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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