By Women...For Women...In the Law

 

Join us for the many dynamic Women in the Law program in 2011-2012, including a brownbag lunch series and the annual Women in the Law conference ... planned by women, for women, about issues related to women in the law.

Conference

Save the date for our annual Women in the Law conference which will be held on May 11, 2012, at the School of Law. This year's conference will once again be open to non-NUSL graduates. More details are now available on the Conference page.

Brownbag Lunch Series

Thursday, October 13, 2011:  "Data Privacy in a Global Economy"
Hosted by Prince Lobel Tye LLP
Location:  100 Cambridge Street, Suite 2200, Boston, MA 02114
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Guest Speaker: 
Gina Perini '01, GTC Law Group LLP
With news of widespread data breaches and concerns over online tracking in the headlines on a daily basis, data privacy law in the U.S. and abroad is in a state of dynamic change. Gina will discuss how U.S. businesses can navigate the patchwork of data privacy laws in the U.S. and the commercialization and flow of data in a global economy.

Thursday, February 16:  " Putting your JD to use in a non-profit setting"
Hosted by Prince Lobel Tye LLP
100 Cambridge Street, Suite 2200
Boston, MA
Time: 12:30 to 1:30pm

Guest speakers: 
Sharon Scott-Chandler '93, Executive Vice President,  ABCD, Inc.
Nicci Meadow '88, Director of Elder Services, ABCD, Inc. 
Action for Boston Community Development is an antipoverty agency, serving more than 100,000 low-income Greater Boston residents through its city-wide network of neighborhood-based organizations.
Please register for this event here by Friday, February 11.

 

Ask the Expert: A question-and-answer series brought to you by the Women in the Law Program:

• November 2010: Deborah Bovarnick Mastin '75, Assistant Miami-Dade County Attorney, Miami, Florida
• December 2009: Katherine Miller '87, Of Counsel, Donahue, Tucker & Ciandella
• November 2009: Elaine Epstein '76, Partner, Todd & Weld
• October 2009: Deborah Marshall '82, Partner, Sidley Austin

E-Communications

This year we plan to provide monthly e-mail communication for timely information related to women in the law. Check back here this fall for the e-sign up form. You can also suggest topics to be covered by this forum.

Archival materials from our April 2009 Women in the Law conference:

Download the conference brochure.
Mass Career Customization: Building the Workplace for the 21st Century, presented by Wendy Schmidt '80
Article When the Stork Carries a Pink Slip, referred to during the Transitions and the Workplace panel
Check out conference photos on our Facebook site!

Archival materials from our April 2010 Women in the Law conference:

Watch videos from our dynamic 2010 conference. Visit our multimedia section now!