Positioning
Law Firms for Long-Term Success:
New Strategies for Advancing Women Lawyers
May
15, 2008
Marvin Center, Third Floor Ballroom
George Washington University
800 21st Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
Despite
best intentions and a variety of women's initiatives, legal
employers are still having a difficult time retaining and promoting
women lawyers. This conference will provide legal employers
with innovative, proven strategies for advancing women lawyers
and, ultimately, strengthening their organizations for the future.
Agenda:
9:00
Registration and coffee
9:30
Welcome (Manar Morales)
9:35
Keynote: Why Women's Initiatives Fail and What To Do About
It (Joan Williams)
10:00
Successful Women, Successful Firms: Eleven Practical Strategies
for Recruiting, Retaining, and Advancing Women Lawyers (Cynthia
Calvert, Linda Chanow, and Consuela Pinto)
11:00
Break
11:15
A View from the Road Ahead: Innovations from Accounting Firms
for Law Firms to Adopt Now (Patti Yoder, Mid-Atlantic
People Team Leader, Ernst & Young LLP; Lisa A. Madden, Partner,
Corporate Group (former Managing Partner, Washington National
Tax Office), KPMG)
12:15
Lunch: sandwich buffet
1:15 Building a Culture of Inclusiveness: A View from Inside
a Firm (Ellen Ostrow, Founder and Principal, Lawyers
Life Coach LLC; Karen Hansen, Esq., Chair, Diversity Committee,
Beveridge and Diamond, P.C.)
1:45
Measuring for a Purpose: What Law Firms Can't Afford to Ignore
(M.J. Tocci, President, Fulcrum Advisors)
2:15
Leaders for Today and Tomorrow: Advancing Women through Succession
Planning (Ida Abbott, President, Ida Abbott Consulting
LLC)
2:45
Break
3:00:
Refining Law Firm Culture to Support Flexibility (Jeannine
Rupp, Principal, Armonia LLC)
3:30
The Client's Perspective on Women Lawyers in Law Firms (Hinton
J. Lucas, Jr., Associate General Counsel and Chief Administrative
Counsel, Dupont; Miguel R. Rivera, Sr., Associate General Counsel,
Wal-Mart)
4:15
This is How We Do It: Law firm representatives discuss their
successful strategies (Roundtable discussion)
4:50
Closing Remarks (Joan Williams)
Reception 5:00 - 6:00
Fee:
$149
(PAR
members receive two free admissions, and additional admissions
are available at the discounted rate of $100 per person)
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