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Second Annual PAR Conference
for Law Departments and Law Firms

Strategies for Advancing Women Lawyers
in Turbulent Times

Marvin Center, Third Floor Ballroom,George Washington University
801 21st Street, N.W., Washington DC

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Agenda

8:30 Registration

9:00 Keynote: Everything is in Flux: Danger and Opportunity in Turbulent Times

Joan C. Williams, PAR

9:30 Reduced Hours, Full Success? Interim Report on PAR's Part-Time Partner Study

Linda Chanow and Linda Marks, PAR

10:00 Is WorkLife Balance a Fatality of the Faltering Economy? Pro-Active Solutions

Nicole Pierre, UPS
María Meléndez, Sidley & Austin
Emily Finn, Latham & Watkins
Moderator - Carter DeLorme, Jones Day

11:15 Break

11:30 Is WorkLife Balance a Fatality? - Roundtable discussions on Best Practices and Challenges

Table heads: Karen Popp, Sidley & Austin; Karen Lockwood, Howrey; Linda Oliver, Hogan & Hartson; Mara Senn, Arnold & Porter; Monica Parham, Crowell Moring; Ellen Ostrow , Lawyers Life Coach; Ida Abbott, Ida Abbott Consulting; MJ Tocci, Fulcrum Advisors; Natalie Hiott-Levine, PAR.

12:30 Lunch, sponsored by Major, Lindsey & Africa

1:30 Ensuring the Downturn Is Not More Dangerous for Women Lawyers: Eliminating Hidden Gender Bias in the Legal Workplace

Cynthia Thomas Calvert, PAR
Consuela Pinto, PAR
Moderator: Kate Fritz, Fenwick & West

2:45 Diversity & Flexibility Connection: The Law Departments Speak Up

James Potter, Del Monte
Laura Stein, Clorox
Joan C. Williams, PAR
Moderator: Linda Oliver, Hogan & Hartson

3:45 Break

4:00 Firm Compensation Systems: Pitfalls and Opportunities for Developing Talent

Lisa Horowitz, National Association of Women Lawyers
Christine A. Edwards, Winston & Strawn
Cynthia Thomas Calvert, PAR

4:50 Closing Remarks

Joan C. Williams, PAR

5:00 Conference ends

California MCLE credits available: The University of California, Hastings College of the Law is approved by the State Bar of California as an MCLE provider. We are offering 2.00 hours general and 1.25 hours elimination of bias in the legal profession credit for this program. For other jurisdictions, please check with your licensing entity for possible reciprocity.