President Obama has expanded an executive order requiring companies to report to the federal government what they pay employees on criteria of race, gender, and ethnicity, as a means to close the pay gap.

Linda Chanow, Executive Director of CWIL, was quoted in Law360 regarding the new EEOC rule issued by President Obama to uncover potential pay gap discrepancies.

CWIL Leader-in-Residence Roberta D. Liebenberg, a partner at Fine Kaplan and Black in Philadelphia, was named to the Board of Directors of the American Antitrust Institute (“AAI”).

Roberta Liebenberg discusses the collaborative efforts to increase diversity in court appointments, including CWIL's Court Appointments Working Group

CWIL Founding Member Jane Macon has been announced to receive World Affairs Council’s 2016 International Citizen Award on February 25, 2016.

CWIL Founding Member Susan L. Blount will be honored as The Joyce Ivy Foundation‘s 2016 Leader of the Year at their Summer Scholars Gala on May 7th.

CWIL Founding Member Diana Marshall is a 2016 Association of Women Attorneys Premier Women in the Law honoree.

Congratulations to Michele Coleman Mayes, vice president, general counsel and secretary for The New York Public Library, on receiving CWIL’s Hortense Ward Woman of Courage Award. Michele will be honored at CWIL’s Biennial Awards Luncheon on April 15, 2016.

CWIL Founder Sandra L. Phillips comments on methods to increase hiring and promotion of women in the workplace: "Putting women in hiring and leadership roles [is important] because when folks see that they know it’s a place they can work and thrive.'”

The 2015 October Power Lunch Series showcased four women from different sectors in the legal field. Each speaker provided strategies on networking and developing mentors and discussed the decisions they made during their careers that led to success.