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“[My platform] is to make sure that my kids have their heads on straight. We can talk about [that] high-falutin’ notion … but here I am, a woman professional who has to work on top of my first job as a mother.” Sounds like a statement that could have been made by any working mom […]
In addition to the widely shared challenges of finding and keeping mentors, the program also will address mentoring issues unique to women and lawyers of color. Going beyond the basics of self-marketing, this program will illustrate appropriate methods for gaining positive recognition from senior associates, partners, and clients.
For this Expert Answers column, The Glass Hammer turned to Catherine Costley, Assistant Solicitor in the Family Department of Rooks Rider Solicitors, a top British law firm known for its expertise in Employment Law. Here, Catherine provides her expert opinion to Glass Hammer readers about how to protect your assets in the event of a […]
This week, we at The Glass Hammer are kicking off a new occasional Friday segment where we review and recommend business-oriented books that might be of particular interest to women working in law and finance. Today we review 3 top business books, so keep reading after the jump. Have a top pick yourself? Write in […]
Keynote Addresses by: -Christopher J. Olsen, CRM, Systems Engineer, Principal, Lockhead Martin, Chief Records, CIA -John W.Woods, Privacy and information Management Practice Litigation & Intellectual Property Practice, Hunton& Williams Keynote Address: 2-4, 2009 9 am – 10 am Exhibit Hours: February 2-3, 2009 10 am – 5 pm February 4, 2009 10 am – 3 […]
Wanda Wallace, Ph.D. is President and CEO of Leadership Forum, Inc. The firm specializes in working with organizations to enhance corporate capability in leadership including strategic thought, customer insight, people and inclusive cultures. Dr. Wallace has worked with many firms in the financial arena, including Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Ernst and Young, […]
The Committee On Women In Law is presenting a multi day event on helping women further their legal careers. Under New York’s MCLE rule, this program has been approved for a total of 4.5 credit hours, 3.0 in skills and 1.5 in Ethics for all attorneys including those newly admitted.
When you think of successful African American women, unless you have been living in a media-free cave for the last 20 years, Oprah springs to mind. While we acknowledge and admire the accomplishments of the talk show host, media mogul and self-made billionaire, it’s a shame that many of us are not equally familiar with […]
Contributed by Rebecca Chong The social networking website Facebook has become an increasingly popular way to resolve the time consuming and financially intensive burden of socialising, and brings it straight to the monitors of the internet generation, including at work. Indeed, many employees whose companies do not restrict access to the internet while away the […]
In the presidential election playing out in primaries across America, front-runner Hillary Clinton has the best chance of becoming president of any woman to date. Though The Glass Hammer typically confines its discussion to issues that deal directly with women in finance and law, Senator Clinton’s leadership style and the role of gender in presidential […]