Events and CLE

    During the ABA Annual and Midyear Meetings, as well as at other times throughout the year, the Commission presents a wide range of programs focusing on critical issues impacting women lawyers. These programs are excellent opportunities to network with colleagues and the expert speakers and panelists.

    The Financial Future Is Female

    This webinar series “The Financial Future is Female: Women Lawyers and Wealth Creation” will show that at any stage in your career you can begin to focus on creating your own wealth and provide some practical tips to consider in setting your own path. Not everyone’s path is the same. In the first webinar, "Empowering Your Financial Future: an Overview", a panel of three women lawyers from different demographics and career stages will share their experience with wealth creation, the barriers they may have faced, and overcoming those barriers.

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    Upcoming Cosponsored Program

    GOOD Guys: Corporate Edition

    Save the date for this program we are co-sponsoring with the Woman Advocate Committee, NCWBA, and YLD. On 30 April, at 2:00 P.M. CT, information will be presented about the progress toward gender equity at in-house legal departments, followed by a panel of corporate counsel male allies who will discuss practical strategies they have seen work when advancing women in the profession. The Commission's Men in the Mix study will be incorporated into the discussion so the event is not to be missed!

    Day of Conversation

    Build Allyship and Reduce Bias

    The Day of Conversation, April 27, 2021, invites organizations to commit to hosting conversations to address equity within their workplace using the Commission’s This Talk Isn’t Cheap toolkit. We hope you’ll join us virtually and start needed conversations within your communities, increase unity, and help people create next steps in order to commit to race, ethnicity, and gender equity. Watch the video to your left to learn more, and register your workplace today!

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    The Grit Project

    Host a Grit Program at your firm, bar association or other organization and teach women lawyers about grit and growth mindset.

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    Zero Tolerance

    Use this Toolkit to develop a program to combat sex-based harassment in your organization or community

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    Gender Equity in Compensation

    The ABA Toolkit for Gender Equity in Partner Compensation educates women and men about pay inequality in a customizable program.

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    Brent Awards

    Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Awards

    Named for the first woman lawyer in what is now the United States, the Margaret Brent Awards honor women in law who have not only achieved significantly in their careers, but have paved the way for other women lawyers to do the same. Every year the Commission presents the award to honorees at a spectacular event.

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