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American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession

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Women in Law Leadership (WILL) Academy -
April 29-30, 2010 - Philadelphia, PA

Realize your leadership potential – learn how to develop business – take your career to the next level. Obtain concrete advice and guidance and learn best practices from prominent general counsel, judges, and practitioners. The WILL Academy features interactive and highly informative programs concerning cutting-edge issues of importance to every woman lawyer and will enable you to network with leading judges and lawyers from around the country.
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2010 Goal III Report Card Now Available

In 1991, the Commission on Women created the Goal IX Report Card to measure women's progress throughout the ABA. Based on a self-reporting questionnaire completed by ABA entities, this report (now the Goal III Report Card) offers a statistical overview of women's participation in leadership positions throughout the various entities of the ABA. View/download the report. View past reports and historical data.

Subscribe to the Electronic Version of Perspectives, the Quarterly Magazine for and About Women Lawyers -
No Additional Cost for ABA Members

New for ABA members: We invite you to receive the Perspectives quarterly magazine in an electronic format. It's easy - all you have to do is log onto the ABA web site and select "Women's Rights" as one of your areas of interest. Follow these step-by-step instructions.

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Upcoming Events

2010 ABA Bar Leadership Institute - presented by the ABA Division of Bar Services - March 11-12, 2010 in Chicago, IL

Women Trial Lawyers & High Stakes Litigation -- Is There a Glass Ceiling? - presented by the ABA Section of Antitrust Law and the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession - March 23, 2010 in Houston, TX

What Law School Didn't Teach You: Self-Advocacy for Survival and Sustainability - presented by the ABA Presidential Diversity Commission (Distance Learning Program Series) - April 29, 2010

Women's Bar Leadership Summit: Transforming Law, Transforming Lives - presented by the National Conference of Women's Bar Associations (NCWBA) - August 6, 2010 in San Francisco, CA

2010 ABA Women Rainmakers Mid-Career Workshop - presented by ABA Women Rainmakers of the Law Practice Management Section - October 22-24, 2010 in Washington, DC

Removing Bias from Attorney Evaluations CLE Webinar Downloads Now Available - First in ABA Presidential Diversity Program Series

Audio and video downloads from the CLE program, Removing Bias from Attorney Evaluations, presented on October 16, 2009 are now available for purchase. Click on the appropriate link for more information and to order the MP3 audio download, MP4 video download (for iPod), and/or WMV video download (for Windows Media Player).

This is the first event in the ABA Presidential Diversity Program Series: Strategies for Success. The ABA Presidential Diversity Commission is presenting a series of distance learning CLE programs to help diverse lawyers advance their legal careers. The programs address diversity from the perspectives of race, ethnicity, disability, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity.Learn more and view a list of upcoming programs

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