The Center for Women in Law, through the Susan Blount Power Lunch Series, seeks to provide students with role models and mentors by exposing them to prominent women lawyers and other public figures from a wide range of career paths. These events provide students with opportunities to ask questions and discuss their own career goals in an informal and interactive environment. The series is named after Susan Blount, a Founding Member of the Center, in honor of her generous gifts of time and talent as she stepped into the role of interim executive director in 2019.
During this conversation, Regina Jones discussed her legal career and the ethical standards and challenges of a corporate general counsel. Jones discussed how to help companies navigate regulatory frameworks and how regulatory and compliance expertise can transfer across industries.
Judge Nancy Atlas, retired U.S. District Judge, hosted a conversation with Sara Moss, Senior Advisor and former Vice Chairman, The Estée Lauder Companies. During this conversation, they discussed their legal careers, including Judge Atlas’s path to the bench and Ms. Moss’s path to becoming General Counsel and Vice Chair of the Board for Estée Lauder.
On 1/19/23 Ambassador Kristen Silverberg, COO of the Business Roundtable, discussed her legal and professional career and the ethical standards and challenges of a lawyer in public service.
This program was a timely discussion before Election Day on November 8. During this conversation, Liz Avore of the Voting Rights Lab discussed her pathway to advocating for better voting laws.
During this event, we heard Chief Justice Rebeca Martinez, Chief Justice of the Fourth Court of Appeals for the State of Texas, and Dolores Atencio, former co-chair of the HNBA Latina Commission and creator of the Luminarias de la Ley Project, speak about their career journeys as Latinas in the legal profession.