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NCWBA Member Organizations
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2018-2019 NCWBA Officers and Board
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Officers
President
Angel Zimmerman
Topeka, KS
President-Elect
Jeanne Marie Clavere
Seattle, WA
Vice President-Fundraising and Strategic Partnering
Elizabeth Bryson
New York, NY
Vice President-Membership
Shiloh D. Theberge
Portland, ME
Vice President-Finance
Nicolette Zachary
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Secretary
Celia J.Collins
Mobile, AL
Treasurer
Patricia M. Scaglia
Independence, MO
Immediate Past President
Robin Bresky
Boca Raton, FL
ABA Delegate
Marjorie O'Connell
Washington, DC
ABA CWP Liaison
Amanda Green Alexander
Jackson, MS
Board
Kate Ahern
Providence, RI
Mary Margaret Bailey
Mobile, AL
Teresa M. Beck
San Diego, CA
Misty Blair
Pasadena, TX
Katherine Brown
Dover, NH
Jamison Hall Cooper
Rockland, MA
Gina Glockner
Denver, CO
Chris Chambers Goodman
Malibu, CA
Nicole Knox
Dallas, TX
Susan MC Kovarovics
Washington, DC
Kathleen M. McDowell
Los Angeles, CA
Christine M. Meadows
Tigard, OR
Tami L. Munsch
Kiln, MS
Eliza M. Rodrigues
San Francisco, CA
Lindsey Savage
Kirkland, WA
Breia L. Schleuss
Minneapolis, MN
Diana Theos
Glendale, AZ
Melissa K. Walker
Raleigh, NC
Sheila Willis
Columbia, SC
Incoming Executive Director
Kelly Karstaedt
Jacksonville, FL
Outgoing Executive Director
S. Diane Rynerson
Portland, OR
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President's Message
by Angel Zimmerman
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CONFERENCES MATTER
I know I only get a paragraph to persuade; however, I encourage you to think about some of the most impactful contacts you have made both professionally and personally. I think you will find many of these connections were made through conferences. The more I study the momentum of movements, the more I am even more convinced that conferences are critical. As we start the year- long festivities of the 19th amendment centennial, I am in awe of the ability our foremothers had to move around the country and of the platform that conferences provided to them. We must not lose sight of this platform as we continue to make progress on some of the very same issues they were advancing. Come unite with us and help be the change you know is possible. I am excited that our Summit committee expanded our theme from this year of
Sparking a 'Change' Reaction to
Accelerating the 'Change' Reaction. I look forward to reuniting with you in San Francisco or meeting you for the first time and starting the connections for change in your areas.
PROGRAM OFFERINGS
We do hope to see you in San Francisco on August 8 and 9 for our 2019 Women's Bar Leadership Summit. (See more information below.)
TIP FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION
Encourage two members from your organization to attend the Summit. It was especially helpful for me to meet other statewide women's bar presidents as I started my presidency year for the
Kansas Women's Attorneys Association. It was even more helpful the years we brought more than one member. I especially encourage you to bring a board member with the specific task of doing a "return and report" to the board and general membership of things learned at the Summit.
TIP FOR YOU
I am grateful for the inclusion, knowledge and connections conferences have provided in my life. I am particularly grateful that my four children have attended conferences since they were toddlers and now as young adults all know how to run conferences. There is probably not a greater leadership or life skill set better than being able to pull off a conference! I encourage you to bring your children, grandchildren or sponsor a young person to attend conferences with you.
CHALLENGE
Make sure your organization is not only represented at the Summit but that you contribute to our Best Practices by sharing with us your successes of the year. (See below for more details.)
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Women's Bar Leadership Summit
San Francisco August 8-9
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Join us on
Thursday, August 8 at 3:30 pm
for a GOOD Guys program at
Morrison & Foerster
, 425 Market Street, featuring Professor Joan C. Williams
on the topic of "bias interrupters." Professor Williams has studied racial and gender bias in the legal profession for decades and has developed practical strategies to "Interrupt" biased behavior. Click here for the executive summary of a recent study by Professor Williams and her colleagues at the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
We'll also hear from a distinguished panel moderated by
Christin Joy Hill
of Morrison & Foerster which includes
Simon Davis
, President of the Law Society of England & Wales,
Matt Fawcett
, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer of NetApp, and
Captain Thomas F. Leary
of the US Navy's Judge Advocate General's Corps. The panel discussion will be followed immediately at 5:00 pm with a reception.
On Friday, August 9, our program will be held at the Marines' Memorial Club & Hotel, 609 Sutter, from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm. Highlights of the day include the following:
NEW WAYS TO WORK TO ACCELERATE CHANGE
Dina Eisenberg, Neha Sampat and Suzie Scanlon Rabinowitz will help us to learn how to build and manage teams of professionals working remotely, using innovative technology to create
alternative career paths, and how technology can work to enhance or obstruct a sense of belonging.
LEVERAGING MENTORING TO ACCELERATE CHANGE IN
YOUR BAR ASSOCIATION AND THE PROFESSION
Ida Abbott, who has been instrumental in teaching lawyers techniques for effective mentoring, will guide us in learning how we can best embrace new and emerging types of "modern" mentoring. Attendees will have the opportunity to strategize in small groups facilitated by outstanding mentors.
A CONVERSATION ABOUT WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE BAR WITH PAST ABA PRESIDENT PAULETTE BROWN
At the Awards Luncheon, we will honor outstanding programs of some of our member organizations: the
Colorado Women's Bar Association, the
Women's Bar Association of the State of New York,
Ms. JD, and
Women Lawyers Association of Michigan. Keynoting the luncheon is NYU Law Professor
Nadine Strossen, first female president of the ACLU, past Margaret Brent Woman Lawyer of Achievement recipient, and author of
HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship. Each Summit registrant will receive a copy of her book.
The Summit will conclude with a networking reception from 5:30 to 7:00 pm hosted by Hanson Bridgett LLP, 425 Market Street, and co-sponsored by
Queen's Bench Bar Association of the San Francisco Bay Area,
Women Lawyers of Alameda County, and
iANGEL.
There is no charge, but please register via this email link if you plan to attend.
The registration fee once again is $250 thanks to our generous sponsors. It includes the receptions, awards luncheon, a copy of Nadine Strossen's book, a copy of the 150 years of women lawyers publication, and a thumb drive with Summit materials. For sponsorship opportunities, which includes registration,
click here for more information. Questions?
Email us.
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Seeking "Best Practices" Submissions
for 2019 Women's Bar Leadership Summit
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Has your bar association come up with a novel program for your members? Launched an incredibly successful community service project? Reinvented its logo or created a new digital presence? Creatively addressed an unmet member need? Figured out a more effective way to run your annual membership drive? Then the NCWBA wants to hear about it!
The NCWBA is seeking submissions of "Best Practices" from our member organizations to showcase at our Bar Leadership Summit.
What: The best practice may involve a program, event, management practice, novel approach, etc.
Why: Best practices are shared at our Summit so bar associations can learn from one another and replicate highly effective programs, events and other best practices in their own regions.
Deadline: Monday, July 15th
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GOOD Guys in San Francisco, San Diego and in Your Town?
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We hope you will join us on Thursday, August 8 in San Francisco for a GOOD Guys program and reception, generously hosted by Morrison & Foerster. Please feel free to invite colleagues from the Bay Area or who will otherwise be present in San Francisco for the ABA Annual Meeting. There is no charge for Thursday's program, but we do need advance registration. Click here for more information and a "GOOD Guys only" registration link.
The Southern California Diversity Council will sponsor a GOOD Guys event in San Diego on July 11. Here's more information.
In May Lawyers Club of San Diego presented a GOOD Guys program. One of the GOOD Guys on a panel of GOOD Guys was Robert Bodian, managing partner of the law firm of Mintz Levin, who traveled from New York for the presentation. Click here for more details.
The event was a huge success, and Lawyers Club of San Diego is planning more GOOD Guys programs.
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Mentoring Millennial Women
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If you missed our June 10 teleconference on Mentoring Millennial Women with Maddy Martin, head of growth and education for
smith.ai, you have another chance to hear it! We've posted on our website a recording of the 1/2 hour session and the PowerPoint slides which accompanied it.
Click here for links.
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Seven Ways to Reduce Stress for Professionals
By Paramjit Mahli
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My whole business is going through a MASSIVE re-engineering and re-branding. Understandably, I'm in this constant state of getting things done but in a calm, collected manner. My workspace has colored post-it notes, pen markers, and visuals to create the big picture and then to chunk it all down for my own re-launch.
This is fun stuff for me. I've been using these tools with clients, including lawyers, for a while. Typically, there is that initial cynicism. But once we go through the process, they are stunned at their own "light bulb" moments, not to mention pleasure at acquiring practical, actionable items. So here's the disclaimer, especially for those looking for the latest, greatest secret: T
here is nothing new out in the marketplace
. As my business coach says, most of business is about common sense. So if that's the case, why on earth do WE (I mean
ALL
of us) get in our own way by over-thinking and over-analyzing?
Here are my seven tips to reduce stress:
1.
Prioritize.
Focus on what's most important and make sure high priority work gets done first. Also, make sure your priorities are consistent with your practice/marketing plan. In order to do this, you must review your big picture and chunked-down plan every week to stay on task.
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Schedule your day around those priorities.
Write down your to-do list and don't get distracted. If that means not answering your phone or checking emails just once or twice each day, so be it. Limit access to social media to twice a day.
3. Consider t
he power of having a "NOT to-do list
."
Create one to see if it's bigger than your '"to-do" list. I suspect a lot of you who actually do this exercise will have a not to-do list with tasks that should be outsourced or delegated.
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Delegate.
Is there a task that could be done more quickly or efficiently by someone else?
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Get the tools you need to be more efficient.
Are there tools or software programs available that can make you more efficient and thereby reduce your workload and stress? Ask for help. We are not expected to be experts in everything. If you're not tech-savvy, definitely ask for help. Make sure you say thank you to all your team for all the support and work. Those words go a long way. Lawyers, in particular, need to practice saying this more often.
6.
Brainstorm with team members.
If you're overworked, chances are your co-workers are feeling in over their heads, too. Take some time to share ideas about how to cope, share the workload or be more efficient. But stay positive! Team brainstorming works. It builds cohesiveness and unity.
7.
Detox/Unplug.
Beyond the hours when you are sleeping, you must detox and unplug from work altogether. The best ideas come when you give your brain a break. Believe me, this is something I'm working on, too. Do something else. Walk barefoot in the park. Cook a meal rather than ordering in or eating processed food. Give yourself permission to unplug from work. Take a few hours for YOU.
Finally, all this is just theory until it's implemented. Don't be a "thinker abouter!"
© 2019 Paramjit Mahli, Re-launching Legal PR Network September, 2019. Contact her directly at 646-763-1407.
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Thank You Outgoing NCWBA Board Members
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The NCWBA is fortunate to have officers and board members who are not only busy and outstanding lawyers and bar leaders in their own communities but who take time, for a two-year term, or for many consecutive years, to share their experience and insights with the national, and, sometimes, international, legal community in an effort to strengthen women's bar groups. This year the following individuals will be stepping down from service on our board:
Kate Ahern of Providence, Rhode Island, Mary Margaret Bailey of Mobile, Alabama, Robin Bresky, of Boca Raton, Florida, Leigh-Ann Durant of Rockland, Massachusetts, Nicole Knox of Dallas, Texas, Eliza Rodrigues of San Ramon, California, and Breia Schleuss of Minneapolis, Minnesota. If you see them, please thank them for their service!
We hope they will continue to be in touch with us via our listserve, programs and social media. And we hope you or someone else from your organization will consider following in their footsteps and volunteer for the NCWBA board when nominations are sought for the 2020-2021 board year!
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2019 NCBP Diversity Toolkit Available to Download
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| The National Conference of Bar Presidents (NCBP) Diversity & Inclusion Committee has created a new resource for state, metro, and specialty bar associations to use when promoting diversity and inclusion. You'll find links to programs and examples from various bar groups and other associations. Click here for the free toolkit. |
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Women Lawyer News
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Remember to check
Women Lawyers News
for articles and unique tools to make practicing law just that much easier.
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Our Listserve: WomenBarLeaders_ncwba.org
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Our interactive listserve for those active in women's bar groups is
WomenBarLeaders_ncwba.org. This is a "low-traffic" list where you can ask for lawyer referrals, publicize information of national interest to women lawyers or learn about job postings.
If you have questions, concerns, want to be added to the group, taken off the listserve or want to subscribe using a different email address,
please contact us
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