Something for (Almost) Everyone--NY, SF, DC AND CHICAGO!

NEW YORK WILEF East Program Being Strategic About 24/7: Assignments, Committees and Community Date: Wednesday, March 16 Venue: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 4 Times Square New York, NY 10036 Breakfast and Networking: 8:00am - 8:30am Program: 8:30 - 10:00am Moderator Joe Calve Chief Marketing Officer, Morrison & Foerster LLP Confirmed Speakers Linda Listrom Executive Director, National Association of Urban Debate Leagues Joanne C. Stringer Managing Director, Northern Trust Nicolas Koechlin Managing Director, Capital Markets, RR Donnelley Mary Hunter Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Program Description With only 24 hours in a day, having a strategy is important in taking on new assignments or joining a committee or not-for-profit board. Billable work takes precedence but where should you focus when deciding how to utilize down time and what goes into making those decisions? This program will address having the right "instinct" to contribute or volunteer and making it work for your career. To Register, Click Here  SAN FRANCISCO WILEF West Program Ambition: The Fuel for Your Career Engine (or Why Talent Isn't Enough) Date: Thursday, March 31 Venue: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 555 Mission Street, Suite 3000 San Francisco, CA 94105 Breakfast and Networking: 8:00am - 8:30am Program: 8:30- 10:00am Moderator Maureen Broderick Founder and CEO, Broderick & Company Confirmed Speakers Ida Abbott Principal, Ida Abbott Consulting LLC Kara Baysinger Partner, Vice Chair Insurance Practice, Lateral Acquisition Partner, Management Team member, Policy and Planning Committee member and Women’s Business Development Group member, SNR Denton Mary G. Murphy Partner and Executive Committee Member, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Kim Thompson Principal, General Counsel’s Office, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Program Description Ambition is assumed to be a prerequisite for success, yet many women are ambivalent about having or expressing ambition. From their varied perspectives, moderator and speakers will address the role of ambition in their own success and in the success of the more junior women with whom they have interacted. They will also discuss such topics as the meaning of ambition; how to communicate ambition in the face of possible double standards; and the existence of generational differences in the way women view ambition. To Register, Click Here WASHINGTON DC WILEF DC Program Planning Your Path to Career Success: How to Set and Achieve Your Goals Date: Thursday, April 7 Venue: Hogan Lovells LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street NW Washington, DC 20004 Lunch and Networking: 12:00pm - 12:15pm Program: 12:15pm - 1:45pm Moderator Jane Sullivan Roberts Managing Director, Major, Lindsey & Africa Confirmed Speakers Linda L. Oliver Career Development Partner, Hogan Lovells LLP Beth A. Wilkinson Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Program Description Whether your goal is law firm partner, in-house counsel or government lawyer, you are more likely to get there if you can identify your goals and develop a path to achieving those goals. To facilitate the process, our panel of experts will address topics such as using career development tools like SMART goals, individualized career development plans and commercial products, and using mentors to help develop plans and hold yourself accountable. They will also discuss their own experience with setting and achieving career goals. To Register, Click Here CHICAGO  Understanding and Using Your Personal Power to Achieve Career Goals" May 19-20, 2011 The Allerton Hotel, Chicago, IL This day-and-a half long conference is for women lawyers who want to achieve their full career potential. We will focus on enhancing your skills and contacts to help you to achieve your goals in today’s ever-changing law firm environment. Register for the Conference: You must be a member of the WLA to attend the conference. WLA members please go to www.wlalliance.org, sign in with your login and password and then click on the "Programs" link to register. (To become a member you may apply at www.wlalliance.org. Click on the "Become a Member" tab.)