NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS

2012 MID-YEAR MEETING REACHING FOR THE STARS

FEBRUARY 23, 2012OMNI HOTEL

LOS ANGELES, CA

2012 Mid-Year Meeting Reaching for the Stars

February 23, 2012 • Los Angeles, CaliforniaNational Association of Women Lawyers • www.nawl.org

8:15-9:00 a.m.: REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING BREAKFAST Sponsored by Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

9:00-10:15 a.m.: CLE PROGRAMMING (CHOOSE 1 TRACK)

I. SUCCESS: WHAT IT IS . . . REALLY . . . AND HOW TO GET IT, YOUR WAY Presented by Karen Kahn of Threshold Advisors (jointly sponsored by WLALA and LACBA)

Most lawyers have been on “success automatic pilot” since kindergarten. When asked “do you love your job,” they respond, “sure.” However, deeper conversations reveal that the standard law firm definition of success, namely rainmaking, doesn’t fit for many women lawyers. Many women find themselves “basically satisfied” with their ca-reer, but aware something is missing. This workshop will encourage attendees get off the treadmill, think beyond the standard definitions of success, and define it in a more personal way. Join your midcareer peers for a provocative, compelling discussion designed to get participants moving toward their most important goals.

II. RISING THROUGH THE RANKS: TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR LEGAL CAREER

Moderator: Deborah Saxe, Partner, Jones Day, AAA Arbitrator

Panelists: Brenda Dieck, Partner, White & Case LLPKate Gold, Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPVeronica Gromada, Associate Counsel, WalMartMia Yamamoto, Law Offices of Mia Frances Yamamoto

It often seems we are walking down a career path as it unfolds before us; however, many of us do not recognize those points where our choices play a deciding role in our destination. In this program, speakers from diverse prac-tices will discuss identifying the turning points in your legal career, maintaining an upward course, identifying clients, building a reputation, and defining success from a firm - and personal - perspective. The speakers will also discuss some of the pitfalls that can dampen a rising star’s career. Attorneys at all stages of their careers will gain practical steps to identify and achieve their goals.

10:15-10:30 a.m.: NETWORKING BREAK

10:30-11:30 a.m.: CLE PROGRAMMING

I. SUCCESS: WHAT IT IS . . . REALLY . . . AND HOW TO GET IT, YOUR WAY (CONT.)

II. EFFECTIVE NETWORKING: NEW TOOLS IN A NEW ERA IN LAW

Moderator: Maria Rodriguez, Partner, DLA Piper

Panelists: Kelli Holmes, Founder, Team Referral Network Ellen Pansky, Partner, Pansky Markle Ham LLPMarc Wymar, Principal, CCS Interactive

In an era where client interaction routinely occurs by phone, computer, and video correspondence, clients ex-pect the ability to obtain information about their counsel through those same means. Client referrals and word-of-mouth remain effective; however, potential clients are also finding their attorneys through web searches, social networking sites, and other social media. This program explores new ideas in networking, team networking and social media, and takes a hard look at the practical and ethical considerations those settings present.

11:30-Noon: LUNCHEON REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING

“Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.”

Ingrid Bergman

Noon-1 p.m.: LUNCHEON & AWARDS Sponsored by Caldwell Leslie & Proctor, PC

Awards Presentation: NAWL Challenge Award: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Leadership Award: The Honorable Dorothy W. Nelson (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.WOMAN LAWYER INTEGRATION AND THE QUEST FOR FORMAL EQUALITY

Keynote Address: Professor Barbara Babcock, Judge John Crown Professor of Law, Emerita, Stanford Law School; Author, Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz (Stanford Press, 2011) In this thoughtful presentation, Professor Babcock will continue the ongoing discussion of the professional responsibility of women lawyers for improving the legal profession. She will base her talk on Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz, which tells the story of the first woman admitted to the California Bar. Foltz was famous in her time as a jury lawyer, public intellectual, leader of the women’s movement, inventor of the role of public defender, and legal reformer.

2:15-3:30 p.m.: NEGOTIATING ETHICAL DILEMMAS (“ETHICS FOLLIES”) IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION

Ethics Follies® is the “Seriously Fun Ethics Conference,” raising serious legal and business ethics issues in a memo-rable format of musical parodies and a fully developed story. Originally produced by The South/Central Texas Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel in 2006, the show has grown from an annual ethics conference in San Antonio with sixty judges, attorneys and actors to a touring company that has performed for over 17,000 attor-neys worldwide. The 2012 show, “Cloud 9,” brings to light the many emerging ethics issues of business run using new technology, the internet, and social media.

3:30-3:45 p.m.: NETWORKING BREAK

3:45-5:15 p.m.: HOW WOMEN LAWYERS SHAPE THE LEGAL PROFESSION (“WINE AND WISDOM”) Sponsored by O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Moderator: Carla Christofferson, Managing Partner of O’Melveny & Myers LLP’s Los Angeles Office

Panelists: Jamie Chung, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, WalMart Holly Fujie, Partner, Buchalter Nemer (appointed Judge to LA County Superior Court)Lisa Gilford, Partner, Alston & Bird LLPEdith Matthai, Co-Founder, President and Partner of Robie & MatthaiDebra Wong Yang, Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP (former U.S. Attorney for Central District, California)

This program is an inspirational and instructional discus-sion among women lawyers who have reached the pin-nacles of success. In an age where more than 50% of all law school graduates are women, only an estimated 17% of those women make it into upper management or high ranking positions within their firms or companies. The panelists will discuss the biases and obstacles they encoun-tered along the way and what means they employed to overcome those biases and remain on an upward path.

5:15-5:30: NETWORKING BREAK

5:30-7:30 NAWL NETWORKING RECEPTION at NOE restaurant in the Omni Hotel Sponsored by Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

“The road to success is always under construction.”

Lily Tomlin

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