I encourage all of you who are registered for the January 27 to 29 ABA World Forum for Women in the Law titled “Women, Power and Disrupting the Status Quo” to be sure this program is on your calendar. Although the event is now closed for registration, those of you who are not able to attend will hear more about it in my future blogs, my ABA Journal monthly columns, and the Best Friends at the Bar social media and press releases.
This is the first world forum for women lawyers presented by the ABA, and it is an important and impressive program. The speakers are noteworthy and include: Christina Blacklaws, Immediate Past President of Law Society of England and Wales; Vivia Chen, award-winning columnist for the Careerist and the American Lawyer; Jo Ann Epps, Executive Vice President and Provost, Temple University; Stasia Kelly, Executive Director of Client Relations, DLA Piper; and Hon. Margaret McKeown, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, to name just a few.
The program will open with an interview of Valerie Jarrett, former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama and current Distinguished Senior Fellow, The University of Chicago Law School. This interview will be conducted by Patricia Gillette, one of the country’s leading experts on gender diversity and equality in the workplace. Pat and I have worked together in the field of advocacy for women lawyers for more than a decade, and I have learned a lot from her over the years. I am looking very forward to learning more from Pat and Ms. Jarrett in this interview.
This is one of those BE THERE world events for women lawyers. It is my pleasure to be asked to report it for the ABA, and I hope you all will join me there on Wednesday, January 27, at 11 AM and for the following two days, beginning at 10:30 AM on Thursday, January 28, and 10:00 AM on Friday, January 29th. All times are in Central Time.
