LACBA-WLALA Joint Task Force Summit
              Where Do We Go From Here?  Empowering Women Partners and Overcoming                                                         Unconscious Bias in Our Firms
                                             Friday, January 21, 2001

                                                 Supplemental Materials:

Report of the National Association of Women Lawyers, National Leadership Summit, July 2008: Actions for Advancing Women Into Law Firm Leadership

This report offers substantive solutions to breaking through the “15% barrier,” the national average of women equity partners, drawing from its Leadership Summit participants.  The report identifies four major “actions for change,” including Leadership, Retention and Promotion, Business Development, and Compensation.

The National Association of Women Lawyers (R) and The NAWL Foundation (R) Report of the Fifth Annual National Surevey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms

This report analyzes the changing trends in the structure of large law firms, and their effects on the advancement of women lawyers, examining how such trends negatively impact female lawyers, despite their increasing numbers in law school and in the legal profession.

These publications are reprinted with permission from the National Association of Women Lawyers(R). Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved.

Law Practice TODAY’s Inclusion Strategies to Eliminate Bias in the Legal Profession by Susan Letterman White, April 2010

This article examines unconscious bias in general and how it functions in the practice of law.  It also offers concrete strategies for greater inclusion of underrepresented  lawyers, on  individual and structural levels.

The Project for Attorney Retention and Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s New Millennium, Same Glass Ceiling?  The Impact of Law Firm Compensation Systems on Women by Joan C. Williams and Veta T. Richardson

The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession considers the compensation of women lawyers and partners based on a survey of about 700 women law firm partners.  In addition to recognizing disparities in income, this report also critiques the compensation system’s values, which disadvantages women and minority partners.

Article may be accessed by viewing the current edition of Law Practice Today, the monthly webzine of the ABA Law Practice Management Section, and their feature called, “Glass Ceiling or Hot Air” of women lawyer related articles: http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/

Please note that you may also access these materials online by visiting www.wlala.org.

                                                 Thank you to our Sponsors:

                                                 Caldwell, Leslie & Proctor, P.C.
                                                    Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
                                                  Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
                                                   Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
                                                        Pansky Markle Ham LLP
                                           Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

                                                    Thank you to our Speakers:

                                 Panel 1: Overcoming Unconscious Bias in our Firms

                                                          Robyn Crowther
                                                Caldwell Leslie & Proctor, PC

                                                         Rebecca Edelson
                                                    Steptoe & Johnson LLP

                                                        Dr. Sangeeta Gupta
                                                    Gupta Consulting Group

                                                 Stacy Horth-Neubert (Moderator)
                                           Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

                                              Panel 2: Empowering Women Partners

                                                               Joanne Caruso
                                                               Howrey LLP

                                                                   Jan Dodd
                                                            Kaye Scholer LLP

                                                               Cathy McEvilly
                                                       Honda North America, Inc.

                                                         Helen B. Kim (Moderator)
                                                     Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP