April 29, 2009. Northern Virginia Chapter hosts a Legislative Reception. For more information, click here.
May 1, 2009. Law Day.
Richmond Chapter Presents a 1-hour ethics CLE, "Hollywood vs. Reality," at the University of Richmond School of Law from 4–5 p.m. followed by presentation of summer stipend and wine and cheese reception from 5-6. For more information, click here.
May 21, 2009. Prince William Chapter meeting. See chapter page for details.
June 19, 2009. VWAA Annual Meeting at Virginia Beach. Presentation on ethical considerations when using "Web 2.0" with reception to follow. Friday, 2:30 p.m. For information about the program or sponsorship, click here.
September 25-26, 2009. VWAA Webweaver Event, Leesburg, VA.
VWAA hosts a program that helps
lawyers interested in becoming a
judge to understand how the process
works and help to put them in a
competitive position for a
judgeship. Learn more >
VWAANews
VWAA congratulates member C. Kailani Memmer, who was recently inducted as a Virginia Law Foundation Fellow.
VLF Fellows are recognized as attorneys of integrity and character who have maintained and upheld the highest standards of the profession, are outstanding in the community and distinguished in the practice of law.
The Virginia State Bar Council passed a resolution recognizing member Darrell T. Mason and her committee for the report on Malpractice Insurance.
A VWAA member panel completed its review of applicants for the opening on the Virginia Court of Appeals.
The mission of the VWAA is to assist women attorneys in
developing their professional practice and in achieving their
potential, to bring about changes in the law and to affect public
policy for the benefit of the women of the Commonwealth of
Virginia.
The VWAA was formed in 1981 to advance the interests of
women attorneys in Virginia, to encourage their mutual
improvement and social interaction, and to promote the
interests of women under law. The VWAA remains the only
statewide bar association dedicated to the needs of women
attorneys in Virginia as professionals and as women.
VWAA Sends Recommendations for U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and U.S. District Court, E.D.Va (Richmond Division) to Senators Webb and Warner.
A VWAA panel completed its evaluations for over 30 candidates for the openings on the U.S. Court of Appeals--Fourth Circuit and the U.S. District Court--Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division. The panel's recommendations were adopted by the Board and letters to the U.S. Senators were sent on February 27, 2009. This particular review may be a record-setter for the VWAA in the number of submissions reviewed. Kudos to Judicial Chair Sheila Costin and the entire panel for the time devote to the careful review and analysis provided.
Marie C. Wilson is founder and President of The White House Project, co-creator of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work ® Day and author of Closing theLeadership Gap: Add Women, Change Everything (Penguin 2008).
In 1998, while President of the Ms. Foundation for Women, Wilson founded The White House Project in recognition of the need to build a truly representative democracy –one where women lead alongside men in politics, media and business. She left the Ms. Foundation in 2004 after two decades, to devote her full energy to the Project.
Over the past ten years, under Wilson’s direction, The White House Project has lead ground- breaking research and program initiatives that work to fill the leadership pipeline with a richly diverse, critical mass of women. In 2004, the organization launched its signature Vote, Run, Lead training program, which engages women in the political process as voters, as activists, and as candidates for political office. In just four years, this program has inspired, informed and equipped thousands of women to take the lead in public life by demystifying the political process for the female half of the population—a constituency that is rarely tapped for positions of political power.
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