Sentences with phrase «organization for women lawyers»

Young Women in Law (YWL) is a not for profit organization for women lawyers in their early stages of practice.

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«We have a dynamic role model in the White House, a black woman who gets the idea that she can go to work, be a lawyer and still provide milk for her baby,» said Napiera Loveless, co-founder of MamaTotoMatema, a Cincinnati - based organization committed to educating and encouraging leaders and health care professionals to adopt different approaches to promoting breastfeeding in African American families.

Before any abduction takes place, «Difret» introduces its central character, attorney Meaza Ashenafi (Meron Getnet), a confident woman who heads an organization in Addis called the Adinet Women's Lawyers Assn. that successfully advocates for the rights of women and chilWomen's Lawyers Assn. that successfully advocates for the rights of women and chilwomen and children.

Americans for a Fair Chance is a consortium of six of America's leading civil rights legal organizations, including the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., National Partnership for Women & Families, and the National Women's Law Center.

She has served in leadership roles in a number of civic and professional organizations, including as president of the Nashville - chapter of the Lawyers» Association for Women.

A recent cover story in Canadian Lawyer «The Case for Ladies Only» questioned the need in 2014 for women lawyers to form organizations or hold events that are for women only.

students worked with The Woman's Fund of Miami - Dade County, a non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of local women and girls; the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a community organization championing the rights of Florida migrant farm workers; the ACLU of Florida; Legal Services of Greater Miami, which provides civil legal services for the poor in Miami - Dade and Monroe County; the Community Justice Project, a nonprofit organization comprised of community lawyers who collaborate with community organizers and low - income communities of color; Catholic Charities Legal Services, which provides immigration services to South Florida's refugee and immigrant community; and Catalyst Miami, an anti-poverty non-profit.

Roberta also created a fellowship program with Ms JD, an organization for young women lawyers and female law students.

But I also know I do have to do something to get new clients, so I try to get my name out there and establish myself as a lawyer and a resource by maintaining my website and blogging, listing my name on online listings, getting involved with different organizations (professional memberships (MSBA), personal memberships (Monticello Women of Today), and I do a bit of volunteering (teaching information sessions and doing law clinics for Chrysalis, and coaching high school mock trial for Spring Lake Park)-RRB-.

The Firm has ongoing relationships with a wide variety of legal services organizations, including but not limited to: Volunteer Lawyers for Justice, ReLeSe, Partners for Women and Justice, Court Appointed Special Advocates, Wills for Heroes and New Jersey Institute for Social Justice.

The lawyers in my community invest tens, even hundreds, of hours a year in everything from sitting on a board of directors for a women's shelter to their children's school activities to sport organizations like minor hockey and, of course, to the CBA, law society or other law related organizations.

The event was held for 37 women in - house lawyers identified by their organizations as potential general counsel candidates.

María Jesús González - Espejo, founding member of the Instituto de Innovación Legal along with Laura Fauqueur, made several requests to the Minister: the review and modernization of law degree studies so that new lawyers can meet the technological challenges; more investment in technology that will benefit both legal professionals and citizens; more support for initiatives such as #HackTheJustice; the promotion of partnerships between public and private sector; more transparency and open data from institutions and finally, policies that promote greater diversity and in particular an increased presence of women in the governing bodies of organizations and companies in the legal industry.

She serves as a member of a number of organizations such as the National College of DUI Defense, Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, Virginia Women's Attorneys Association, and the Fairfax and Loudoun County Bar Associations.

This book is not just for lawyers but for men in any organization, and the advice it offers will be helpful to all men who are in positions to actively support and sponsor women.

In addition, Jeena writes a monthly column for Ms. JD, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the success of aspiring and early career women lawyers.

Young Women in Law is a not for profit organization dedicated to advancing the interests of women lawyers in the early stages of their careers, and strives to meet the diverse needs of its roughly 275 memWomen in Law is a not for profit organization dedicated to advancing the interests of women lawyers in the early stages of their careers, and strives to meet the diverse needs of its roughly 275 memwomen lawyers in the early stages of their careers, and strives to meet the diverse needs of its roughly 275 members.

There is a higher percentage of female in - house counsel in government, Crown, and not - for - profit organizations compared to males, but in all sectors — except government where women have wage parity — male in - house lawyers earn a higher salary than women.

This finding came from ground - breaking doctoral research by Milana Hogan, director of recruiting and professional development at Sullivan Cromwell in New York city and further research she conducted with Katie Katherine Larkin - Wong, associate at Latham & Watkins in San Francisco and President of the valuable organization for the advancement of women lawyer Ms. JD.

Such organizations as the Canadian Equal Parenting Council, Lawyers for Shared Parenting, and Leading Women for Shared Parenting amongst others, were in the forefront of the Canadian 2013 - 2014 campaign in support of a private member's Bill (C - 560) that would have legislated a rebuttable presumption in favour equal shared parenting.