Bulletin Board
June 2010:
Liberty Day organization is seeking volunteers with their varous programs dedicated to educating young Americans about the contents of the U.S. Constitution. For more information, please click Liberty Day Project.
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During the month of June, the Young Lawyers’ Division will be collecting new and lightly used:
- professional clothing to donate to the Road Home and Junior League’s job training and Women Helping Women programs;
- toddler clothing to donate to the Family Support Center, an emergency shelter for children; and
- prom gowns and accessories to distribute to the Cinderella Project, a program helping underprivileged girls go to prom.
You may bring your contribution to my office, to the Law & Justice Center, or to any Red Hanger location if you would like to donate anything. The professional clothing donations are tax deductible.
Thank you in advance for your generosity! Please call me or email me if you have any questions.
For more information please click YLD Clothing Drive Flyer.
Jen
Jenifer L. Tomchak | Attorney | Parr Brown Gee & Loveless | A Professional Corporation
185 South State Street, Suite 800 | Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
T: 801.532.7840 | F: 801.532.7750 | jtomchak@parrbrown.com |
March 2010: This message was received from one of WLU’s members:
Dear Women Lawyers of Utah:
It is with great pleasure that I announce my candidacy for one of the open positions as a Bar Commissioner, Third Division, and respectfully request your vote and support. I have received encouragement from many people to run for this office, and to be a voice that represents many on the Bar Commission. I am excited for this opportunity to be able to serve you.
I currently work for the State of Utah as a mediator and arbitrator in the Office of the Property Rights Ombudsman, where I resolve disputes between private property owners and the government in eminent domain and land use issues. I have a broad range of experience, having worked in a small corporation, small law firm, medium-sized law firm, non-profit and government. I understand the issues that we face in these various environments and also the desires of many for professional achievement and work-life balance. Because of these experiences, I want to serve you on the Bar Commission. Please feel free to contact me via email (sjchon@gmail.com) or telephone at (801.530.6391) with any questions, concerns or issues that you believe should be addressed by the Bar Commission.
If you would like more information about my background or service and my goals as Bar Commissioner, feel free to check the Utah State Bar’s website at http://www.utahbar.org/elections/su_chon.html.
Best Regards,
Su Chon
Su Chon 2010 Bar Commissioner Msg to WLU
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March 2010: We received this from the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession:
The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession is developing a new book
entitled, “The Road to Independence: A Woman’s Guide to Forming Her Own
Law Firm.” This volume will be a collection of letters (maximum 4 pages
double-spaced) focusing on the experiences, challenges, and
opportunities of women-owned law firms.
The Commission is seeking women who have formed their own firms –
whether as a solo, with other women, or with men; it is not necessary
that the women currently be owners of their firms. The book’s audience
is primarily women who are thinking about starting their own law firms
as well as those who already have taken that step.
If you are interested in offering your insight into these important
issues — or know someone else who has started her own firm — please
send name/contact information to Barbara Leff, Commission on Women
Communications and Publications Manager, at leffb@staff.abanet.org.
Invitation letters will start to be sent in early April. For more
information about the book and the procedures for submitting letters,
please visit http://www.abanet.org/women/independence.html.
Thank you.
Barbara Leff
Communications and Publications Manager
Commission on Women in the Profession
American Bar Association
321 N. Clark Street – 18th Floor
Chicago, IL 60654
T: 312-988-5692
F: 312-988-5790
leffb@staff.abanet.org
http://www.abanet.org/women
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