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One Quarter of Chicago Firms Meet the "Call to Action"

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:16:04 -0600

in 2004, the Chicago Bar Association’s Alliance for Women the created the “Call to Action” project, a three year program to increase women in leadship roles. Forty-four Chicago firms signed the pledge, agreeing to foster diversity in the legal profession. Each law firm signatory's goal was to:

increase the percent of its women partners by 3 percentage points from its 2004 levels by December 31, 2007.
have women represented on every firm committee in the same proportion as the number of women partners at the firm by December 31, 2007.
increase the number of women practice group leaders at the firm by December 31, 2007.
review its flexible hours policy and its use in order to ensure that alternative schedules are an equitable and viable option by December 31, 2007.
materially improve any disparity in the rates in which men and women are retained, promoted, and laterally recruited at the firm by December 31, 2007.

Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges -Chicago

jlwallace — Sun, 25 May 2008 16:11:47 -0500

Start: 6 Jun 2008 - 9:00am

End: 6 Jun 2008 - 5:15pm

Timezone: US/Central

Be inspired by what women and other diverse attorneys have achieved, learn key strategies used by today’s top lawyers, and best practices for increasing diversity in the profession.

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May 6th in Chicago: NAWL's 3rd Annual "Ready to On-Ramp?" program on re-entry

jessie — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:32:40 -0500

Jenner & Block's Chicago offices host this year's NAWL program specifically designed to help lawyers develop their own personal strategy for re-entering the workforce. Looks like it will be a great program - especially for the bargain price of $30!