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2010 HASTINGS
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR WOMEN*
Designed for high-achieving women law firm partners who want to develop skills and strategies to enhance their leadership in firms, organizations, and the legal profession, the Leadership Academy for Women is an intensive five-day academic program that offers:
- Distinguished educators from law, business and academia to ensure a rich and engaging learning experience.
- Practical, hands-on classes that provide learning you will be able to put to immediate use.
- Interactive teaching methods that convey course material and ideas with greatest impact.
- One day of programming that includes senior in-house counsel
- One day of parallel programming for Leadership Academy alumnae.
- Peer-group interaction, collaborative small group learning activities, and social hours to encourage networking with peers, corporate counsel, and Leadership Academy alumnae.
- Peer coaches plus three follow-up telephone conferences throughout the year to support ongoing leadership development.
Your experience in the Leadership Academy will prepare you to assume broader leadership responsibilities, serve as a role model, increase your visibility and value to your firm, and leverage your abilities and talents more strategically for positive business results. Attending the Leadership Academy will teach you how to:
- Make strategic decisions that will advance your career
- Leverage your strengths and create leadership opportunities
- Use the economic and political dynamics of your firm to your advantage
- Recognize and manage the impact of gender dynamics on your career
- Build robust networks and strong client relationships
- Obtain appropriate credit and compensation for your contributions to your firm
- Manage teams and deal effectively with conflict
- Develop and project a leadership style that is authentic and effective
The curriculum is designed to help women find their own leadership voice, use their personal strengths and receive the recognition, compensation and leadership roles they want and deserve. All topics are presented within the context and culture of law firms and with an emphasis on pragmatic strategies and techniques. Some of the topics we will cover include:
- Thinking Strategically About Your Career
- Bringing Your Best Self to Life
- Learning the Secret Handshake
- Finding Champions
- Effective Rainmaking
- Building and Using Power and Influence
- Compensation Systems: Pitfalls and Solutions
- Developing and Executing Strategy
- Negotiating for Yourself
- Projecting Confidence and Credibility
- Handling Difficult Conversations
- Supervising, Managing and Inspiring Teams
- How Women in Law Firms and Women in Corporate Legal Departments Can Help Each Other Advance
A distinguished faculty of practitioners and professors from law firms, corporations, consulting firms, law schools, and business schools:
Ida Abbott, JD, President, Ida Abbott Consulting; Faculty Fellow, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Cara Hale Alter, MFA, President, Speechskills
Tina Bondy, JD, IP/Commercial Corporate Counsel, Big Fish Games
Barbara Caulfield, J.D., Managing Partner, Silicon Valley office and Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Group, Dewey & LeBoeuf
Amy J.C. Cuddy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Carol Frohlinger, JD, Managing Partner, Negotiating Women
Nancy Geenen, JD, Former Office Managing Partner, Foley & Lardner
Patricia Gillette, JD, Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Sara Holtz, JD, Principal, ClientFocus
Judy Droz Keyes, JD, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine
Lorraine Koc, JD, General Counsel, Deb Shops, Inc.
Tracy Lalonde, M Ed, Partner, Akina
Julia Anne Matheson, JD, Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garret & Dunner
Melissa Nelken, JD, Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Center for Negotiation & Conflict Resolution, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Angela Padilla, JD, Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Laura Morgan Roberts, PhD, Co-Founder and Principal, R-PAQ SOLUTIONS
Marianne Short, JD, Managing Partner, Dorsey & Whitney
Wilma Wallace, JD, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Gap Inc.
Joan C. Williams, JD, 1066 Foundation Chair, Distinguished Professor of Law and Director, Project for Attorney Retention, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Kathleen J. Wu, JD, Partner, Andrews Kurth
The Leadership Academy home page
Email card about the Leadership Academy
*The Leadership Academy is designed for women law firm partners but is open to all law firm partners regardless of gender.
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