The Ascend program launched in March 2022. The new program is aimed at established lawyers. As their careers are on the rise, women lawyers often face competing opportunities and shifting priorities as they gain a more precise definition of career success and excellence.

Accelerate Career Start creates a unique opportunity for associates to practice key skills that will accelerate the transition from law student to lawyer while developing strong and diverse networks outside of the law firm.

The Center for Women in Law presented an Ex Libris event, A Discussion with Linda Greenhouse, the author of

The Center presented a Perspectives Series event: A Conversation with Arleas Upton Kea, ’82, Deputy to the Chairman for External Affairs, FDIC, and Veronica Vargas Stidvent, Executive Director of the Center for Women in Law.

Erin Nealy Cox, former U.S. Attorney and partner at Kirkland & Ellis, was interviewed by Angela Styles, '94, partner at Akin Gump and former Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.

This Ginsburg Initiative panel discussion explored innovations in fair work assignments, ensuring equity between remote and in-person lawyers, post-Covid hiring and promotion practices, and the use of the Mansfield Rule in legal hiring.  A powerhouse lineup of

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Returning to the legal profession after spending time in another field or out of the workforce can be a challenge.

On June 16, 2021 from 12:00-1:15 pm CT,  The Center for Women in Law hosted a virtual discussion with Eve Rodsky, the author of Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)

The Center for Women in Law is excited to have partnered with Take The Lead to provide an impactful live virtual workshop aimed at women lawyers five to ten years out of law school.

The Susan L.

The Center for Women in Law hosted a panel discussion with the authors on October 5, 2020 from 4:00-5:15 pm CT.

Public awareness of recent incidents, including the killing of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, has brought attention to the role of law enforcement and issues of racial profiling, brutality, over-policing, and the militarization of local police departments.  As society struggles to address

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The legal profession is in a period of intense innovative change, as it incorporates new technologies and learnings from the field of organizational behavior, and it strives to become a more diverse and inclusive profession. The advent of Covid-19 has accelerated some changes and heightened

Brigadier General Susan Escallier is a career Army officer in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps.