On April 26-28, 2017, the Center for Women in Law convened leaders for its fifth Women’s Power Summit on Law and Leadership™.

Described by one partner at a top law firm as “the most practical tool I’ve encountered in my 20 years of practicing,” the Women in Law Institute is an all-day, intensive workshop for law students, judicial clerks, and LL.M.’s.

Meet the Challenge: What's Next for Women Lawyers?

For more information on the program and the complete agenda, please go to the Texas Women Lawyers website.

Executive Director Linda Chanow led a conversation on how growth mindset will create more pathways to success and minimize the effects of gender bias in the legal profession.

Program Agenda & SpeakersJudicial Advisory Committee for Promoting Women as Lead Counsel

The LEAD Academy is a leadership-development program born out of a desire to assist women attorneys in attaining the highest level of success in their firms and organizations, in their communities, and in the legal profession.

Executive Director Chanow participated in a special Women’s Leadership Workshop at the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Convention.

Hilda Galvan is a nationally recognized trial lawyer who focuses on complex intellectual property litigation. For over 20 years, Hilda has represented plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state courts across the country and in the International Trade Commission.

For four decades, Nina Cortell has represented corporations, public entities and individuals in cases that have put her at the forefront of Texas litigation practice.

Effective communication, demonstrating value, and building strategic relationships were the three skills over 60 students and recent graduates, all women, learned at the University of Texas School of Law Center for Women in Law’s (CWIL) "Boot Camp."  The women represented 11 southern Califor

Elizabeth Moore is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ConEdison, providing electric, gas and steam service to New York City and Westchester County.

Senior United States District Judge Nancy Atlas, was appointed to the bench by President Bill Clinton in 1995 and sits in Houston, Texas.

The Latina Commission was created in 2008 to study, and remedy, the status of Latinas in the legal profession who then, as now, suffer the lowest representation of any racial or ethnic group as compared to their overall presence in the nation.

Texas Women Lawyers gathered together members of women’s bar organizations from around the state for a weekend retreat in Houston. Activities included a networking happy hour on Friday night and informative sessions on Saturday morning and afternoon. 

The Center for Women in Law and Texas Law Student Affairs hosted a panel about lawyers navigating and balancing children and careers.