The Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts Names Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy Recipient of Inaugural Outstanding Advocate Award
The Outstanding Advocate is awarded to an attorney who has gone above and beyond to fight for the rights of women and minority groups, and the people of the Commonwealth, and as such, has embodied the WBA’s mission in their advocacy. The WBA is proud to recognize Attorney General Maura Healey with this award. AG […]
NCWBA Urges Up or Down Vote on Judge Garland
The National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations has added its voice to those asking that the US Senate Judiciary Committee move ahead expeditiously to act on the nomination of Judge Garland to the Supreme Court. The letter can be read at the link below: NCWBA – letter to Senate Judiciary Comm. re Judge Garland With […]
In Memoriam: Carole Aciman
We are saddened to have to share the news of the death of Carole Aciman, 2005-2006 NCWBA president. A native of France, she was a New Yorker by choice and focused her practice on intellectual property law and entertainment law in an international context. She suffered a serious motorcycle accident in early May 2014 and […]
In Memoriam: Leslie Miller Altman
Leslie Miller Altman, 58, of Minnetonka, Minn., died Sept. 6, 2012, after an aggressive fight against cancer. She served on the NCWBA board as a director and officer from 1996 until 2006. As our liaison to the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, she took an active role, eventually chairing the Perspectives editorial board. […]
In Memoriam: Nancy Dillman Peck
NCWBA Past President (1990-1991) died on Sept. 2, 2010, after an extended battle with cancer. Nancy began her service on the NCWBA board in 1986, the year she concluded her presidency of the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys. For four years (1993-1997) she represented the NCWBA on the American Bar Association House of Delegates. Her successor in […]
In Memoriam: Rondolyn O’Brien
On July 31, 2006, women’s bar associations lost a great friend when Rondolyn O’Brien, age 54, of Albuquerque, N.M, passed away after a long illness. She was active in bar associations at every level, serving as president of the New Mexico Women’s Bar Association, the Albuquerque Bar Association, as bar commissioner for the State Bar […]
Supreme Court Decides for Full Marriage Equality
States can no longer discriminate based on sex and sexual orientation June 26, 2015 (Washington, DC) Today, the Supreme Court made history by declaring same-sex marriage bans to be unconstitutional. With a 5-4 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges and consolidated cases, marriage equality is now the law of the land: Same-sex couples can be married and have […]
Tragedy in Charleston–A Letter from President Willis of the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
June 19, 2015 Dear SCWLA members and friends, This is a personal letter to the women lawyers of South Carolina, and to women lawyers everywhere. The senseless massacre in Charleston this week has stunned, and saddened, all of us. Many of our members knew the people, good people, who were gunned down in what is […]
Minnesota Women Lawyers Releases Gender Data Report
At the May 2015 MWL Conference for Women in the Law, Minnesota Women Lawyers was pleased to release its “Gender Data Project: First Report.” This report is the result of a multi-year initiative led by MWL’s Parity Committee, which commissioned a first-of-its-kind count of the number of women in the Minnesota legal profession by conducting […]
Tennessee Chief Justice Sharon Lee Speaks Out on Gender Equality in the Legal Profession
Nashville, Tenn. – Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Sharon Lee challenged the legal profession to set the standard for all professions and make gender equality a top priority. Chief Justice Lee’s remarks were made at the East Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women (ETLAW) annual Supreme Court luncheon. Attended by the Supreme Court justices; local trial, […]