The Philadelphia Bar Association's Women in the Profession Committee will hold its first Women in the Profession Summit at The CLE Conference Center on Wednesday, June 18. The summit will focus, in part, on the best practices for the retention and promotion of women lawyers and feature a keynote address by Charisse Lillie, vice president of human resources for Comcast Corporation and senior vice president of human resources for Comcast Cable.

Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association of Seattle hosts Brown Bag Lunches each month, normally scheduled on the third Wednesday. Each session features panel discussions or presentations on various topics of particular interest to lawyer moms. Topics include the following:

Marketing strategies for mother attorneys
Work-life balance
The ins and outs of private practice, government work, and practicing in-house
College savings and financial planning
Choosing schools

Since 1991, the California Bar Foundation has awarded more than $2 million through its scholarship programs. Launched for the first time in 2008, the Diversity Scholarship seeks to support newly admitted law students from groups historically underrepresented in the legal profession who have committed to attend a California law school. Candidates apply for the Scholarship at the beginning of the summer prior to commencing their law school studies. The Scholarship helps pay the costs of obtaining a law school education, including tuition, fees, books, and related education expenses.