On November 15, 2007 the National Association of Women Lawyers released the findings from the NAWL 2007 National Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms. To view a copy of the survey results, click HERE.

To view a copy of the 2006 survey results, click HERE.

NAWL Committees

Executive Director


Assistant Executive Director
Annette Knitter

Project Specialist
Lindsey Urban

Data Manager
Georgette Johnson

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NAWL Annual Luncheon, July 16, 2008
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, New York
Over 1,100 attendees enjoyed the spectacular 2007 Annual Luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, where we celebrated NAWL's achievements and honored NAWL award recipients! The 2008 will be even bigger and better! This gala luncheon will take place in the grand ballroom at the historic Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on Wednesday, July 16, 2008. We will honor Dean Elena Kagan of Harvard Law School; the DuPont Legal Department; Helaine M. Barnett, President of the Legal Services Corporation; the Hon. Deborah A. Batts of the Southern District of New York; and Professor Suzanne B. Goldberg of Columbia Law School. NAWL is also offering a number of dynamic programs in conjunction with the Annual Luncheon, including a CLE. To register, please click here.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008 NAWL  Networking Reception benefiting: The Bottomless Closet
Start NAWL’s Annual festivities by making a difference! Join old friends and make new ones at NAWL’s  Networking Reception on July 15 from 5:00-7:00 at McDermott Will & Emery, 340 Madison Avenue (between 43rd & 44th), benefiting The Bottomless Closet.

Simply put a few gently used fashion accessories-- business appropriate shoes, scarves, jewelry, purses—in your suitcase. Then bring them to the event and use them to accessorize suits provided by LexisNexis. Enjoy the company of your fellow NAWL colleagues while helping to give women returning to work a fashionable “leg up.” Questions? For a list of appropriate accessories, please click here. Contact Salila Yohn at syohn@axiomlaw.com. To register, please click here.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Ethical Issues in Inside/Outside Counsel Relationships
9:00 – 11:15 a.m. • $75 • 1.5 Ethics/.5 Substantive Credits applied for
Nixon Peabody LLP, 437 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
Sponsored by: LexisNexis®Mealey’s™

Before heading to the NAWL Annual Luncheon, join your colleagues for a stimulating CLE program on building a strong in-house/outside counsel relationship consistent with ethical obligations. This program will review, among other things, the factors considered by corporate counsel when engaging outside counsel; conflict of interest issues; the duty of confidentiality; and the arbitration of client-attorney disputes. To register, please click here.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Flexing the Workplace: New Ways to Get Work Done & Build Careers
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Davis Polk & Wardwell , 450 Lexington Avenue,  New York, NY 10017

Complete your day at this exciting, interactive roundtable moderated by Lisa Belkin, “Life’s Work” columnist of the New York Times and contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine.

Learn how to win the war for talent by rethinking the way work gets done. Find out how the FACTS and Mass Career Customization frameworks can help you facilitate work/life balance,  increase loyalty and productivity and enhance flexibility while maintaining billable hours and meeting economic demands.To register, please click here.

Connect, Listen & Learn Series
Connect, Listen & Learn (formerly Read, Learn and Connect), is a dynamic teleconference, book discussion group for NAWL Members and guests. NAWL offers this program in collaboration with Karen Kahn, leadership and business development coach and principal of KM Advisors. Each month Karen introduces us to a book that she believes will spark our interest and facilitates a dynamic teleconference in which she interviews the author and then opens the lines for members to engage in a thorough Q&A.

To register for this event, please send an email to nawl@nawl.org, with Connect, Listen & Learn in the subject line.

May 14, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Book: CEO of Me: Creating a Life That Works in the Flexible Job Age Ellen Ernst Kossek and Brenda A. Lautsch

For those of you who are on Alternative Work Schedules (AWS)or are thinking about it this meeting of Connect, Listen and Learn is a must attend. Author Ellen Ernst Kossek, writer of CEO of Me: Creating a Life that Works in the Flexible Job Age will be our guest and will share her very useable thoughts on strategies that make AWS work well. She will talk about how to identify the pattern of work/life style that is most effective for you and concrete ways to organize your life so that you can enjoy many aspects of your life. Join us for this important discussion.

Connect, Listen, Learn—June 11, 2008—Necessary Dreams: Ambition in Women’s Changing Lives-
As summer is upon us many will have time think about our life, direction and what is important. Necessary Dreams by psychiatrist Anna Fels, will help you do this. In a thought provoking and engaging style Fels explores the different aspects that ambition plays in our life and our tendency to have mixed feelings about this important motivator. She discusses the forces that promote and impede the development of ambition in women’s life and encourages us to claim the dreams that are necessary for a fulfilling existence.

Save the Date:

For the gift that keeps on giving… NAWL Gift Memberships Available! By giving a gift membership to the National Association of Women Lawyers, you’ll be providing your favorite lawyer with the opportunity to build business networks, help advance the position of women lawyers, and meet like-minded contemporaries. Prices start at $45 depending on status and seniority. Simply click here to go to the gift membership page and complete the application form. A postcard will be sent to the recipient acknowledging your thoughtful gift. Please feel free to contact the NAWL office at 312-988-6729 with any questions.

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