Effective communication, demonstrating value, and building strategic relationships were the three skills over 60 students and recent graduates, all women, learned at Women in Law Institute.

CWIL Executive Director Linda Chanow has been named 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree by the Texas Minority Counsel Program.

CWIL Founder and Executive Committee Member Cisselon Nichols Hurd has been named the 2016 recipient of the TMCP Corporate Counsel of the Year Award.

Lawdragon has recognized CWIL Executive Director Linda Chanow as one of 2016's Top 100 leading legal consultants and strategists.

Executive Director Linda Chanow offers advice to firms seeking to promote more diverse and inclusive workplace environments.

Led by Executive Director Linda Chanow, members of the Consortium for Advancing Women Lawyers rallied support to adopt ABA Model Rule's new anti-discrimination rule.

Vicky Gunning, CWIL Leader and Managing Partner of Locke Lord LLP’s Dallas office, was recognized by Dallas Business Journal as a 2016 Women in Business honoree.

Brennan Center for Justice will honor CWIL Founder Sandra Phillips for her leadership and commitment to building diversity in the business sector and beyond.

CWIL Founding Member Sandra Phillips will be honored at the upcoming InsideCounsel Transformative Leadership Awards Dinner in Washington, DC.

Congratulations to CWIL Founders Linda Addison and Nina Cortell and Texas Law Dean Ward Farnsworth, who were recognized by Lawdragon as three of the top 500 leading lawyers in America in 2016.