Women Lawyers of Utah » News http://utahwomenlawyers.org Women Lawyers of Utah · P.O. Box 932 · Salt Lake City, UT 84110 · wlu@utahwomenlawyers.org Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:27:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Free Style Consultations at Cake Salon http://utahwomenlawyers.org/2011/12/free-style-consultations-at-cake-salon/ http://utahwomenlawyers.org/2011/12/free-style-consultations-at-cake-salon/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:10:04 +0000 WLU http://utahwomenlawyers.org/?p=1259

Please join WLU and Cake Salon for an evening of FREE style consultations!

When:         January 19, 2012
                    6:00-9:00 p.m.
Where:        Cake Hair Salon
                     210 East 500 South 
                     Salt Lake City, UT

This event is open to all members of WLU, especially students and newly admitted attorneys.  Each participant will receive a make-up and/or hairstyle consultation from a stylist at Cake. Additionally, Cake Salon has agreed to provide $25.00 off of any service to everyone who attends.  For more information about Cake Salon, please visit their website: http://www.cakehairsalonofslc.com/

This will be a great chance to get a completely new style, update your current style, and get make-up tips from the pros.  WLU will provide drinks and hors d’evoeures.

Please RSVP to Carrie Boren at womenlawyersofutah@gmail.com by January 12, 2012.

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Finally, WLU would also like to recognize the following individuals who generously donated to the scholarship fund:

Terrie McIntosh
Anne Milne
Hon. Sandra Peuler
Tracey Watson
Elizabeth Wright

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Olene Smith Walker was Utah’s 15th Governor. She was sworn into office on November 5, 2003, shortly before her 73rd birthday, as Utah’s first, and, to date, only female governor. She is a member of the Republican Party.

Walker’s political background includes eight years in the state legislature including a term as Majority Whip. She served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Utah for the 10 years prior to becoming governor. She founded the Salt Lake Education Foundation and served as its director. She served as director of the Utah Division of Community Development. She has chaired the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, the Utah State Housing Coordinating Committee, the Governor’s Commission on Child Care, and the National Conference of Lieutenant Governors.

She assumed the office of Governor of the State of Utah after former governor Mike Leavitt was nominated by President George W. Bush to lead the Environmental Protection Agency in 2003. Walker served as governor until the end of Leavitt’s term on January 3, 2005.

Shortly after becoming governor, she selected former State Representative Gayle McKeachnie to be her lieutenant governor. Olene Walker was the first female governor to be sworn in by a female Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court, Christine M. Durham.

Walker received her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees from Brigham Young University, Stanford University, and the University of Utah respectively.  She is married to Myron Walker; they have seven children and 25 grandchildren.

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]]> http://utahwomenlawyers.org/2011/07/women-trailblazers-in-the-law-documentary/feed/ 0 New WLU Officers and Board Members http://utahwomenlawyers.org/2011/06/new-wlu-officers-and-board-memebers/ http://utahwomenlawyers.org/2011/06/new-wlu-officers-and-board-memebers/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:38:55 +0000 WLU http://utahwomenlawyers.org/?p=973 Women Lawyers of Utah is pleased to announce its newly elected Board Members for 2011-2012 :

President: Heather Farnsworth
President-Elect: Aida Neimarlija
Past-President: Melanie Vartabedian
Secretary: Diana Hagen
Treasurer: Kate Conyers

Career Advancement and Development Committee Chair: Susan Motschiedler
CLE Committee Chair: Jessica Peterson
Community Outreach Committee Chair: Cheryl Mori
Life/Work Balance Committee Chair: Rebecca Ryon
Membership/Publicity Committee Chair: Carrie Boren
Special Projects Committee Chair: Cathleen Gilbert

Judicial Representative: The Honorable Sandra Peuler
Young Lawyer Bar Member Representative: Noella Sudbury
Senior Bar Member Representative: Terrie McIntosh

Our Committee Chairs would appreciate your help with our future events and tasks, so please CONTACT US if you are interested in being on any of the above noted committees. Contact information for all officers and board members can be found here.

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Alternate Work Arrangements and Related Issues

 APRIL 28, noon – 1pm

at the offices of Chapman and Cutler LLP, 201 South Main Street #2000.

Panelists will include: Judge Tena Campbell, Paul Durham, Amy Dolce and Susan Peterson.

The event will be moderated by Diana Hagen.

Please RSVP to Lynda Hansen at lhansen@chapman.com or at 801.320.6717.

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Action Steps for Advancing Women Lawyers

 Is your firm successfully advancing women lawyers? Has it been able to apply the recommendations of the Women Lawyers of Utah’s initiative on the advancement and retention of women lawyers?  If your firm would like to use a little help in this area, join national expert Cynthia Calvert for a free teleconference at noon on April 14, 2011.  She will provide concrete action steps firms can take to begin creating an environment where women lawyers can become high performers and rainmakers.  Topics to be covered include laying a proper foundation for a women’s advancement initiative, unspoken communication, inclusion of women in social activities, adopting flexible work options without creating a stigmatized mommy track, and bias-free evaluations.  Participants will have a chance to submit questions before or during the teleconference.

 Date:  April 14, 2011

 Time: Noon to 1:00

 Cost: Free

 To register, go to this page:  www.ctcalvert.com/register.htm.  Please put in your name and email address, and you will receive an email asking you to confirm their registration.  Once you do, you will receive an email from Ms. Calvert with the call-in information and instructions.  The day before the event, you will receive a reminder and a handout.

 About the speaker:  Cynthia Thomas Calvert is a lawyer, consultant, writer, and speaker with more than twenty-five years of experience in the legal industry.  She co-founded the Project for Attorney Retention, and has led ground-breaking research in the areas of flexible work for lawyers and the advancement of women lawyers.  She is the co-author of Solving the Part-Time Puzzle: The Law Firm’s Guide to Balanced Hours (NALP 2004) and Flex Success: The Lawyer’s Guide to Balanced Hours (WLL Press 2011).  Her website is www.ctcalvert.com.

 

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Also, the local NPR affiliate, KUER, aired an interview of WLU President, Melanie Vartabedian, by Tasha Cook regarding the Initiative on Monday, November 15.  A link to the interview is here.   http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuer/news.newsmain/article/0/1/1725126/KUER.Local.News/The.Utah.Report.on.Women.Lawyers

 Links to the articles are below: 

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/11/02/survey-female-lawyers-in-utah-dont-have-it-easy/

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/maternal_wall_sex_bias_block_advancement_for_women_lawyers_utah_study_finds/

http://blogs.findlaw.com/strategist/2010/11/the-utah-report-utah-women-lawyers-treated-unfairly.html

http://ms-jd.org/utah-report-identifying-harassment-discrimination-and-bias-profession

http://lawyersworklife.blogspot.com/2010/11/utah-women-lawyers-push-change.html 

http://ctcalvert.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-report-on-utah-women-lawyers-is.html

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2010 Annual Fall Retreat

November 5-6, 2010

St. Regis Deer Crest Resort, Deer Valley, Utah

 

Friday, November 5, 2010:

5:00-6:30:        Registration and Cocktail Hour (Astor Ballroom Pre-function)

6:30-8:00:        Dinner & Presentation of Awards (Astor Ballroom)

                        * Welcome and Remarks:  Melanie Vartabedian, WLU President

                        * Remarks by Tracy Gruber regarding Utah State Bar New Lawyer Training Program

                        * Presentation of Reva Beck Bosone Scholarship to Katherine Brim by Melanie Vartabedian

                        * Presentation of WLU Mentoring Award by Margaret Plane

8:00-9:30:        Keynote Speaker:  Nikki Johnson-Huston, Esq.  (Astor Ballroom)

                        “From Homeless to Lawyer:  One Woman’s Amazing Journey”

                       After the keynote presentation, please join us in the WLU Hospitality Suite (Room # 202)

Saturday, November 6, 2010:

9:00-9:30:        Registration and Breakfast (Astor Ballroom Pre-function/Astor Ballroom I)

9:30-11:00:      Panel Discussion:  “Success Stories from Women in Various Segments of the Legal Profession: Tips, Challenges & Things Learned Along the Way”

                        (Astor Ballroom I)

                          Panelists:  Carlie Christensen, Elizabeth A. Hruby-Mills, Annette W.  Jarvis, Charlotte L. Miller, and Joan C. Watt

                         Moderator:  Julia Pettit

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