Several others focus on women lawyers, among them Ending the Gauntlet: Removing Barriers to Women's Success in the Law, The Woman Lawyer's Rainmaking Game and
Women Attorneys Speak Out.
Not exact matches
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Speaking of Time's Up...
Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in
women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»
Before reporting an incident of sexual harassment to a higher authority, Gillian Thomas, who is a senior staff
attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union
Women's Rights Project, says it's always best to
speak with the person affected by the incident first.
In the letter, Gleason claims he
spoke with two
women who had «identical» stories of abuse by Schneiderman, then in his first term as the state
attorney general.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Disgraced
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was once considered an advocate for
women's rights, encouraging
women to
speak up about abuse in the wake of the #MeToo movement.
Two of the
women spoke on the record and said the
attorney general repeatedly hit them, often after drinking, frequently in bed and never with their consent.
Two of the
women spoke on record to The New Yorker, which published their claims against
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Monday.
Attorney Lisa Bloom and NYC Public Advocate Letitia James
speak at Power
Women Breakfast NYC on Thursday.
On March 26, 2015, Sutherland Partner Allegra Lawrence - Hardy
speaks on a panel about «Law Firm Economics 101» at The Leadership Institute for
Women of Color
Attorneys» 10th Annual Leadership...
Geraldine Hines, who was the first black
woman to serve on the Supreme Judicial Court,
spoke about the struggle for black
women attorneys in Boston in the early seventies.
Yolanda also
spoke of her struggle as a
woman Hispanic
attorney, recounting that she was asked if she was the court interpreter.
Ms. Senft is also an international negotiation and mediation trainer, having trained
attorneys, businessmen and
women, and judges in Europe,
speaking to the Roman Bar Association in Rome, and with the Italian national clerks and the Florence Mayor's Office in Florence, as well as being invited to
speak at the first European Transformative Mediation Congress which drew interest from across Europe in 2011, and training professionals in Germany, Portugal, Italy and Slovenia most recently.
It not only
spoke to me because of how confusing all of these messages can be for
women, but also because as an
attorney and mediator who works with divorcing couples, I've seen the fall - out when
women who opt - out of viable careers to devote themselves to their families end up divorced.