NAWL News

February 7, 2008 NAWL Mid-Year Meeting and Luncheon in Los Angeles, California
NAWL’s 2008 Mid-Year Meeting and Luncheon featured keynote speaker Gloria Allred and the presentation of the 2008 NAWL Challenge Award to BP America Inc. and Univision Communications, Inc.  To view highlights of this event click HERE.

August 10, 2007 NAWL Annual Meeting and President’s Award Reception at the Rincon Center, San Francisco    NAWL 2007-08 President Holly English welcomed the over 400 guests to the San Francisco reception. Highlighting the event was the presentation of the 2007 President’s Award to the Occidental Petroleum Corporation. The President’s Award is given annually to a company which has demonstrated leadership in promoting women and diversity. To read more about the event click HERE.

August 2, 2007 NAWL Annual Luncheon Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, New York
NAWL hosted over 1000 attendees for this premier event which featured Karen J. Mathis, President of the American Bar Association, receiving prestigious Arabella Babb Mansfield Award to.  To read more about this event click HERE.

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 press release, please click HERE. To see the survey results, click HERE.

November, 2007. NAWL hosts a national Leadership Summit, "From Theory to Action: Advancing Women Leaders in Law Firms" in Washington, D.C. on November 5, 2007. Under the umbrella of the NAWL 2015 Challenge and following the NAWL Survey for Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms, the Summit invites prominent industry leaders to engage in interactive small group discussions recommend the actions by law firm management which are most likely to enhance advancement and leadership roles for women lawyers in private practice. Summit participants include managing partners and senior partners of law firms, general counsels, and nationally recognized experts on professional careers for women. The conclusions of the Summit will be published by NAWL.

June 14, 2007 -- The National Organization for Women Honored NAWL President, Cathy Fleming, with the Women of Power & Influence Award for her achievements as an attorney and a women’s rights activist. The Women of Power & Influence Awards celebrate women’s power to change the world. Her fellow honorees were Lesley Goldwasser, Roberta Kaplan, Daryl Hannah, and Elizabeth Sackler. For more information click here. If you would like to view Cathy fleming's dynamic speech, click here.

April 25, 2007 The National Association of Women Lawyers issues a statement regarding the Supreme Court opinion in Gonzales v. Carhart, decided April 18, 2007. Click here to read the entire document.

March 28, 2007 NAWL President Cathy Fleming moves to Nixon Peabody LLP. For more information, click HERE

February 8, 2007 NAWL Mid-Year Meeting and Luncheon in Miami, Florida
NAWL hosted its mid-year meeting, luncheon featuring Justice Kay Cobb, and mid-year program, "A Half-Day MBA" in Miami on February 8, 2007. For more information click here.

January 1, 2007 NAWL promotes Annette Knitter to the position of Associate Director. For more information, click HERE.

December 26, 2006 -- NAWL's 2006 National Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms was recently written up in an article by the New York Law Journal. Click HERE to see a copy of the article.

October 20-22--ABA Women Rainmakers Mid-Career Workshop
An interactive forum developed to give valuable insight and enhance the performance of the mid-career women lawyer. In conjuntion with the LPM Section Fall Meeting to be held October 18-20, 2007 in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, the ABA Women Rainmakers Mid-Career Workshop will take place on October 20-22, 2007. This workshop will allow participants to network with other successful attorneys, engage in focused topical discussions with knowledgable legal professionals and learn how to utilize tools to help assess the participant's career, client relationships, and personal lifestyle requirements in order to maximize rainmaking capabilities.

October 26 and 27, 2006 the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) hosts its Second Annual General Counsel Institute, a two-day program providing career skills to attorneys who serve as in-house counsel

Wednesday, October 25 NAWL holds a national press conference in New York to release the findings from the NAWL 2006 National Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms. For more on the press conference, click HERE. For more on the survey results, click HERE. The survey results will also be reproduced in the Fall 2006 edition of the Women Lawyers Journal.

September 28, 2006 NAWL Hosts Conference on Negotiating for Women Attorneys in Philadelphia.

September 15, 2006 NAWL Hosts Conference on Best Practices for Women Attorneys in Boston.

July 18, 2006 United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey congratulates NAWL and the 2006 Annual Luncheon Awardees. Click HERE to see Senator Lautenberg's letter.

July 17-18, 2006 NAWL holds its Annual Luncheon at the historic Waldorf-Astoria hotel, with nearly 1000 people welcomed by 2006-2007 President, Cathy Fleming. Judge Katharine S. Hayden of the United States District Court, District of New Jersey received the Arabella Babb Mansfield Award. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. receives the NAWL President's Award.

Click here to read Judge Hayden's speech.

Lorraine K. Koc, 2005-2006 President, also issued the NAWL Challenge at the luncheon. For more on the NAWL Challenge, click here.

May 25, 2006 NAWL co-sponsors the final policy recommendation and report by the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence to the ABA House of Delegates for consideration at the ABA Annual Meeting in Hawai'i in August 2006. Click here to see the Final Recommendation. Click here to see the Final Report.

May 25, 2006 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., honored for its diversity efforts by NAWL

May 24, 2006 NAWL letters to President George W. Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., regarding Darfur. Click HERE to view letter to President Bush.
Click HERE to view letter to Secretary of State Rice. Click HERE to view letter to Senator Biden.