Roundtables
Her Story Third Thursday Roundtable Series: Building Endurance: Going the Distance: Maintaining Perspective Throughout the Journey
By The Woman Advocate Committee
This Roundtable will address the big picture. Panelists will be looking at the advances that women have made in the profession, and where and how they have made those advances. We will be looking at strategies that attorneys can take throughout their careers to reassess and reposition the direction of their careers to accommodate the successes and challenges that arise. With the average legal career exceeding 30 or more years, taking the long view is important. (1:00:58 min)
Her Story Third Thursday Roundtable Series: Building Endurance: Getting Back Up: Managing Crises Along the Journey
By The Woman Advocate Committee
This Roundtable will address the importance of resilience and fortitude in a legal career. When personal and professional challenges arise, as inevitably will happen, it is important to address them head on and know that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. Those challenges may be personal or physical, such as recovering from alcoholism or drug abuse, or recovering from a brain tumor. Or they may involve dealing with a sick or disabled child or parent, making it impossible to meet deadlines or billable hour requirements. Panelists will provide insight into these issues, discussing their own careers and experiences, and dealing with the unexpected. (51:59 min)
Her Story Third Thursday Roundtable Series: Building Endurance: Life Lessons and Big Picture Strategies for Achieving Long-Term Success
By The Woman Advocate Committee
This Roundtable addresses short- and long-term time management ideas for attorneys. Whether a solo practitioner who must find time to manage the firm’s administrative work, a law firm partner, or a federal judge, successful attorneys develop routines and strategies for managing their workloads. Panelists will discuss making time for what matters—both professionally and personally and the importance of healthy life styles. Attorneys are more likely be successful in the long run if they find ways to take care of their health and well-being on a regular basis. Panelists will address how to best plan your schedules to make the best of the time you have, as well as the spiritual side of work-life management. (1:03:02 min.)
Her Story Third Thursday Roundtable Series: Gaining Momentum: Strategies for Success in Career Planning, Rainmaking, Salary Negotiation, and Developing Grit
This Roundtable addresses strategies for career advancement, to include early career planning, networking and rainmaking, and salary negotiation. Panelists also talk about gender in the work place, as well as how sponsorship by a man or women is a key to achieving success. The program highlights the importance of “grit” and moving forward to overcome challenges as they arise. (56:08 min.)
Her Story Third Thursday Roundtable Series: Preparing for the Long Road Ahead: Redefining Balancing Versus Managing and Developing a Plan for Success
The next installment in the Her Story Third Thursday Roundtable Series. (51:48 min.)
Career Management Matters: The Case for Fostering Work-Life Balance among Employees
By The Woman Advocate Committee
The next installment in the Her Story Third Thursday Roundtable Series. (59:35 min)
Her Story Third Thursday Roundtable Series: Going the Distance: Maintaining Perspective Throughout the Journey
By Robin Frazer Clark, Stasia Kelly, Ellen Rosenblum, Lauren Rikleen, and Bobby Liebenberg
This fourth installment examines how to merge family commitments with career and how to set priorities when juggling the two.
Making Your Value Known: Effective Self Promotion for Women
By The Woman Advocate Committee
Learn about the importance of self-promotion, the effect of gender differences in self-promotion, the particular challenges that women and minorities face, and practical tips to overcome them. Hailyn Chen, a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, will share the latest research on self-promotion and its key role in women’s career advancement. She’ll provide practical tips from her own and others’ experiences on firm compensation and hiring committees and lead the roundtable through an interactive group exercise to practice self-promotion. The roundtable will address scenarios faced by both younger and more senior attorneys, in contexts such as attorney evaluations, promotion to partnership, and compensation negotiation.
A View From In-house Counsel: The Do’s and Don’ts of How to Get and Keep Their Business
By the Business Torts and Unfair Competition Committee and Co-sponsored by the Woman Advocate Committee
Three in-house counsel and a business development coach share their experiences with working with outside counsel looking to build their business. The discussion will focus on strategies related to how to: develop new business, keep the business you have, and provide value to your clients which could result in more matters and referrals. Please join us for this "tell it like it is" frank discussion regarding business development strategies.
CLOSING THE GAP: STEPS TO ACHIEVE GENDER PAY EQUITY IN LAW FIRM COMPENSATION
By The Woman Advocate Committee
Listen to Roberta D. Liebenberg and Stephanie A. Scharf discuss specific strategies and solutions for addressing and eliminating long-standing pay disparity in compensation between male and female attorneys practicing in law firms. Featured Speakers: Ms. Liebenberg, a senior partner at Fine Kaplan and Black in Philadelphia, serves as the Chair of the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession and was past Chair of the ABA Gender Equity Task Force. In January 2013, she was the recipient of the inaugural Chambers Women in Law Award for "Outstanding Contributions to Gender Diversity and Equality." Ms. Scharf, a founding partner of Scharf Banks Marmor LLC in Chicago, IL, serves as Commissioner of the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession and serves cochair of the Compensation Committee of the ABA's Task Force on Gender Equality.
YES—LAWYERS CAN DO TECH!
By The Woman Advocate Committee
Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at 12:00–1:00 p.m. Eastern Lawyers have a rap for being technology phobic—yet in today’s world, the lawyers who succeed will be the lawyers who use technology to be better, faster, smarter and more agile. In truth, avoiding technology could hold you back in your career, especially for litigators. Technology is everywhere and it’s not going away, so we need to get over it. Submit your top 3 tech questions or frustrations and join data management experts (and attorneys) to learn some tips for overcoming technology fears and frustrations, so you too can learn what you need to know to impress your clients and build your practice.
Her Story Third Thursday Roundtable Series: Going the Distance: Maintaining Perspective Throughout the Journey
By Robin Frazer Clark, Stasia Kelly, Ellen Rosenblum, Lauren Rikleen, and Bobby Liebenberg
This fourth installment examines how to merge family commitments with career and how to set priorities when juggling the two.
Her Story Third Thursday Roundtable Series: Building Endurance: Life Lessons and Big Picture Strategies for Achieving Long-Term Success
By The Woman Advocate Committee
This Roundtable addresses short- and long-term time management ideas for attorneys. Whether a solo practitioner who must find time to manage the firm’s administrative work, a law firm partner, or a federal judge, successful attorneys develop routines and strategies for managing their workloads. Panelists will discuss making time for what matters—both professionally and personally and the importance of healthy life styles. Attorneys are more likely be successful in the long run if they find ways to take care of their health and well-being on a regular basis. Panelists will address how to best plan your schedules to make the best of the time you have, as well as the spiritual side of work-life management. (1:03:02 min.)