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The Grit Project
Learn about grit and growth mindset, two traits successful women lawyers have in common.
About the Project
The Grit Project educates women lawyers about the science behind grit and growth mindset - two important traits that many successful women lawyers have in common. By providing the tools to assess and learn these traits the Grit Project enhances the effectiveness as well as the retention and promotion of women lawyers.
The Grit Toolkit
Achieve Professional Success
The Toolkit is the first step in a series of projects that the Commission on Women is implementing to educate women lawyers on the power of these important traits. Perfect for hosting programs at your school, firm, bar association, or other organization, the online Toolkit includes the resources below.
Introduction
One of the Commission's signature projects, initially developed in 2014, is the Grit Project. Discover why this toolkit was developed and how to use it.
Welcome Letter
Planning the Program
Sample conference agendas for a 1-, 1 1/2-, or 2-hour program. Includes format, sequence of presentations, and segment options. Also customizable slides with talking points to use for programming and discussion.
Power Point
Program Materials
Links to the grit and mindset tests for program participants.
Growth Mindset
Discussion Resources
Program participants can read and discuss these scenarios that regularly come up for women lawyers.
Guides for
Marketing Your Program
You might need to exercise your own grit when promoting your program! Make sure to ask yourself these four questions before planning your event, and get the word out on social media.
Social Media
Additional Resources
Not sure whom to have speak or what materials to hand out? We have resources to help.
Find a Speaker
Love This Toolkit?
The Commission on Women in the Profession provides our program toolkits free of charge. If our materials were useful to you, please consider donating to the Fund for Justice and Education (FJE) and designating the Commission as the recipient. Thank you!
Got Questions?
Email our program specialist Ashleigh Hill at ashleigh.hill@americanbar.org for more information!
Video Scenario Library
Would you prefer to present the scenarios in this toolkit as videos rather than written discussion tools? Use our video library! We have videos depicting a billing credit dispute, struggling with your workload, the job search, and bullying in a deposition.
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Use Permissions
The Grit Project Toolkit was designed for organizations to use as a program-in-a-box, free of charge. Just put the following language on your materials: "©2014 by the American Bar Association. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any or portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association."
Did you use this toolkit?
We need your feedback and suggestions. If you present the Grit Toolkit, please complete the Toolkit Use form.
Upcoming Events
Where can you attend a Grit Project event? Visit our Events page and see opportunities across the country. Don't forget you can host your own event with the toolkit resources above.