March 2015 Newsletter

Would you like your women's bar group to get more involved nationally? The National Conference of Women's Bar Associations is currently accepting applications for board openings for the two-year term beginning July 31, 2015. Board members are nominated by their member bar association and agree to participate in three in-person meetings a year, as well as in committee work. For more information and a downloadable application form, click here. Completed nomination forms should be sent to info@ncwba.org no later than May 1. Final selection of nominees will be made by the NCWBA Nominating Committee and presented as a slate for election at the July 31st Women's Bar Leadership Summit in Chicago.

NCWBA board members Teresa Beck, Jeanne Marie Clavere and Monica Parham listen intently to discussion at the February board meeting in Houston

Save the Date: Women's Bar Leadership Summit in Chicago, Friday, July 31

We hope you will join us 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. A complete agenda and other details will be available when the final speakers are confirmed. We are pleased to announce that Arin Reeves, JD, PhD, of Nextions will be a featured speaker. Click here for a recent article in which Arin Reeves explains how understanding the "why" of achieving diversity and inclusion will lead to the "how" to accomplish it.

Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, Sunday, August 2

Plan to stay in Chicago through Sunday afternoon so that you may join in the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession at the always inspiring Margaret Brent Awards Luncheon, this year honoring the following individuals:

Mari Carmen Aponte; Ambassador of the United States to El Salvador; Washington, DC
Flora D. Darpino; Lieutenant General; United States Army; The Judge Advocate General; Washington, DC
Fernande R.V. (Nan) Duffly; Associate Justice; Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; Boston, MA
Mary Ann Hynes; Senior Counsel, Dentons US LLP and Formerly, SVP and General Counsel, Ingredion; Chicago, IL
Emma Coleman Jordan; Professor of Law; Georgetown University Law Center; Washington, DC

Loretta Lynch Continues to Await Confirmation by the Senate

The confirmation of Loretta Lynch as US attorney general continues to languish. For more information on the current status of the nomination, click here. To read a letter from the NCWBA in support of the nomination, click here. To learn more in a national conference call regarding the nomination on March 31 at 3:00 ET, click here.

Food from the Bar - 2015

Spring is the time when many women's bar associations join in friendly competition with others in their legal communities to replenish the shelves of their local food banks. Let us know if your association is taking part in this important initiative. Meanwhile, get inspired by current campaigns in California and the District of Columbia, Need more ideas? Go to our resource page.

Women in the Federal Judiciary

Did you know that there are still seven federal district courts that have never had a female judge? Click here for the latest numbers and analysis from the National Women's Law Center on the status of women in the federal judiciary.

Law Day - 2015: Magna Carta:

Symbol of Freedom Under Law

Since 1958, bar associations and civic groups around the country have observed Law Day on May 1as a time to celebrate and learn more about the rule of law. This year's Law Day theme emphasizes the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. The American Bar Association has assembled a wealth of planning materials and multimedia presentations to share with students and the wider community this Law Day. Click here for more details.

Women Lawyers in Cambridge and London

September 7-14, 2015

In celebration of the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, 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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