Hear past Margaret Brent honorees Wendy Shiba, a corporate attorney who served in C-level executive positions for three NYSE-listed companies, and Melissa Murray, the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, open up about what drives them, how they have overcome obstacles and their tips for success. Recorded January 10th, 2024 - 63 min view time.
Watch the July 28th, 2021, webinar replay, Motherhood and Caregiving Bias in the Legal Profession: Dismantling the Systemic Barriers to Equity, which explores the following questions: What is the motherhood/caregiving penalty? Why is it still not recognized despite the value of weaving the human condition of caregiving into organizational culture? How do organizations implement procedures and decision-making for institutional change to ensure the success of mothers and caregivers? A lively discussion ensued about dismantling the systemic barriers to equity and the perpetuation of bias using an intersectional approach. You can catch the webinar's replay in our multimedia library. Thank you to our silver sponsor Goodwin Procter, LLP, for helping make our programming possible.
Learn how to improve conversations about gender, race, and ethnicity, so that all women can work together in combating the barriers to advancement in the legal profession. Through this type of dialogue, we take critical steps to creating a more inclusive, just, and equitable profession.
Host a Grit Program at your firm, bar association or other organization and teach women lawyers about grit and growth mindset.
Use this Toolkit to develop a program to combat sex-based harassment in your organization or community
The ABA Toolkit for Gender Equity in Partner Compensation educates women and men about pay inequality in a customizable program.
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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