What is leadership? How should we use it? How do we foster its growth?

These questions will be at the heart of Celebration 55: The Women's Leadership Summit, a historic four-day event honoring fifty-five years of women leaders at Harvard Law School. For a look at the program, scheduled for September 18–21, 2008 at HLS, please click here.

The idea for a Women's Leadership Summit at HLS emerged from Dean Kagan's lecture Women and the Legal Profession—A Status Report delivered at the Leslie H. Arps Memorial Lecture at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York on November 7, 2005. Whether you're practicing law, taking time out, or have changed fields entirely, you'll find programs that target your interests and concerns. Among our thirty-plus featured panels and workshops:

The Large Law Firm: Leadership Challenges and Opportunities

Leadership in the Corporate World: Pathways to Success

The Entrepreneurial Leader: Launching Your Own Law Firm

Changing Jobs, Changing Careers: The Art of Transition

On Ramping: Back to Work on Your Own Terms

The New Girls Club: Forging Friendships, Forging Careers

Finding Our Voices: How to Write Your Book (and How We Wrote Ours)

Second (and Third) Acts: New Visions for Retirement

The cost for the full program is $275 per person. If you sign up for individual events, the cost is $55 per person for registration plus the fee for each event selected.

Questions? Please contact C55@law.harvard.edu or call us at 617-384-9523.