WLALA celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride Month and proudly salutes trailblazer, Mia Yamamoto, who served as the Grand Marshall of the LA Pride Parade this past weekend!   We continue to celebrate Pride Month with a networking Mixer & Fundraiser on June 26, 2026 at 6:30 p.m., with proceeds benefitting the LGBTQ Center of Long Beach.  

This week, WLALA Is proud to partner with LLBA on a table talk with an all-star panel of the women of color leading the Criminal Judicial Bench in Los Angeles, Celebrating the Historic Leadership of the Judicial Bench taking place on June 17, 2026 at Reed Smith (DTLA) at 5:45pm. 

Next week, WLALA’s Sojourn Domestic Violence Clinic and Family Law Committee will host a fantastic program,  What You Want to Know About Mental Health Diversion in Domestic Violence and Family Law Cases set for June 23, 2026 at 12pm.  The lunch program will cover the diversion process and how mental health diversion may impact family law proceedings and victims of domestic violence.

If you are a law graduate who recently passed the Bar exam, we invite you to join us on Thursday, June 25, 2026 at the Pasadena Courthouse beginning at 3:00 p.m. for a special Swearing-In Ceremony officiated by Honorable Rupa S. Goswami.  Please bring your Attorney’s Oath Card to be sworn in.  We thank the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County, Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, and Latina Lawyers Bar Association for co-sponsoring this event. 

Finally, we want to give a special thanks to everyone who donated, sponsored and attended WLALAPalooza, and for supporting WLALA Foundation and the opportunities it creates to strength the pipeline of legal professionals!  WLALA warmly congratulates the awardees, Associate Justice Helen I. Bendix, Teri Pham, and Cindy Lopez.

“No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us.” – Marsha P. Johnson.

With Gratitude,
Farah Tabibkhoei
President, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles