WLA Fifth Annual Conference THIS FRIDAY, Life as a Female Attorney Panel, Cupcakes & Conversation, Women in Brewing and More!

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FRIDAY -  WLA Fifth Annual Conference, This is What Equality Looks Like: The World We Want for Women and Girls! The schedule is here: http://hlsorgs.com/wla/conference/schedule/.   Check out all the other WLA events coming up! 
  
WLA Events: 
1. WLA Panel: Life as a Female Attorney at a Global Law Firm: Wed., Feb. 9, 12:00 pm, P101 – Lunch! 
2. WLA Fifth Annual Conference, This is What Equality Looks Like: The World We Want for Women and Girls - This FRIDAY, Feb. 11th – 325+ already registered! 
3. Coffee, Cupcakes and Conversations with Professor Jody Freeman: Wed., Feb. 16, 4:00-5:00 pm, P335 
4. Women in Brewing: Wed., Feb. 16, 8:00-10:00pm, Morgan Courtroom, space limited 
5. WLA Panel: Perspectives on Gender Asylum: Thurs., Feb. 17, 12:00-1:00pm, Hauser 104 
6. How Rape is Taught in the Classroom: Improving the Student Experience: Mon., Feb. 21, 12:00-1:00pm, Morgan Courtroom – Lunch provided. 
7. Women and the Veil: Headscarves in the Western World: Fri., Feb. 25, 12:00-1:30pm, Hauser 104 – Lunch! 

8. WLA International Spring Break trip to Georgia - show your interest!
9. Sign ups for the WLA Washington D.C. Summit are almost here! 
10. Send in your outlines and exams to the WLA Outline and Exam Bank. 
  
General Announcements: 
1. Advising & Lunch with Hayley Gorenberg, Deputy Legal Director, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund: Wed., Feb 3 and Thurs., Feb 4 
2. Latinas Unidas of Harvard College presents: The 4th Annual Latina Empowerment and Development Conference: Fri., Feb. 12, 9:00-5:30pm 
  
WLA Events: 
   

WLA Panel: Life as a Female Attorney at a Global Law Firm 

Join the WLA and attorneys from the Boston office of Weil for a candid discussion about life as a female attorney on Wednesday, February 9, at noon in Pound 101.  We will be discussing topics such as the challenges facing women who work at large firms, legal recruiting, mentoring and more.  Lunch will be served!  
  

Register for the Women’s Law Association Annual Conference!  

Countdown: only 5 days away from the year's biggest WLA event!  
Over 325 people have already registered for our Fifth Annual Conference  – This is What Equality Looks Like: The World We Want for Women and Girls, Friday, February 11, 2011 in Ropes-Gray. Sign up now! The conference will include four impressive panels, Judiciary, Economics, Girls, and Health. Our keynote speaker is Russlynn Ali, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education and she will be introduced by Dean Minow.  Join us after the conference for cocktails & dinner with the panelists.  Register here: http://hlsorgs.com/wla/conference/register/.  All Students Welcome.  
  

WLA Coffee, Cupcakes and Conversations with Professor Jody Freeman 

On Wednesday, February 16 from 4:00-5:00 in Pound 335, join us for an informal conversation with HLS Professor Jody Freeman, an environmental expert and an Obama Administration veteran, over cupcakes and coffee. 
  

WLA Presents: Women in Brewing 

The WLA is holding a beer tasting on February 16th from 8-10pm in the Morgan Courtroom in Austin. We will be trying 6-7 different kinds of beer, each of which has a woman in a significant position at the brewery where it is made. Space is limited to the first 30 people to RSVP to jha...@jd13.law.harvard.edu. To participate, please bring $5 to cover the cost of the bartender. 
  

WLA Panel: Perspectives on Gender Asylum 

On Thursday, February 17, from 12 to 1pm in Hauser 104, Professor Debbie Anker, Director of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, and Sabrineh Ardalan, Clinical and Advocacy Fellow, will speak on gender asylum law in the US and internationally and the direction of future developments.  Co-sponsored by Harvard Immigration Project.  Lunch served! 
  

How Rape is Taught in the Classroom: Improving the Student Experience 

On Monday, February 21, from 12-1pm in Morgan Courtroom (Austin 308), the WLA presents How Rape is Taught in the Classroom: Improving the Student Experience.  The rape unit is a central part of every 1L criminal law experience. Learn how to better prepare for these classes by learning about key cases and statistics. If your criminal law class has finished the unit, come share your opinions on how class discussions on the topic can be improved. Pizza lunch provided. 
  

WLA Panel: Women and the Veil: Headscarves in the Western World 

In October of 2010, the French Constitutional Council held that Frances new law banning full-face veils for women was legal. Similar laws have been introduced in Germany, Britain, Canada, and Spain. These laws have provoked outrage from Muslim and civil rights groups and conflicting responses from feminist scholars. This panel will present a range of views on the implications of these bans for womens rights, religious freedom, multiculturalism, and democracy. Speakers include Prof. Seyla Benhabib (Yale Law) and Prof. Mary Ann Case (U Chicago), moderated by Prof. Janet Halley. Non-pizza lunch served! Friday, February 25, 2011, from 12 1:30pm in Hauser 104.  Sponsored by Women's Law Association, ACS, CR-CL, ILS. 

WLA International Spring Break Trip to Georgia

The WLA is organizing a spring break pro-bono trip to Georgia! It will be a unique opportunity for 4 HLS students to travel to Georgia and work with “Anti-Violence Network of Georgia” (http://avng.ge/eng/), a local NGO, on evaluation of existing legal framework on domestic violence in Georgia. This organization was one of the core actors in preparing the 2006 law on domestic violence. Students will be trained before spring break on a number of issues, including background information about Georgia and the Georgian legislation (legal documents are available in English). During the trip, students will interview professionals working in the field, such as pro bono lawyers, social workers, NGO representatives and governmental officials. This will give students an opportunity to identify the gaps between the needs and availability of social and legal services. As a result, they will produce a report including their observations and recommendations for necessary actions to be taken by local authorities. The produced report will be used by the NGO in advocacy campaigns. At this point, we are still in the process of facilitating the trip and discussing the financial issues with the clinical and pro-bono office. However, it would be very helpful to know who would be interested in going on the trip. Please send Maia Jaliashvili (mjalia...@llm11.law.harvard.edu) an email if interested.

Inaugural WLA Washington, D.C. Summit Sign Ups Almost Here!

Heads up! Sign-ups for the inaugural WLA Washington, D.C. Summit, taking place on March 24-25th, 2011, are almost here!  Events will include public and private interest panels with prominent DC practitioners, our own tour of the Supreme Court, and a meeting with Justice Kagan.  Sign-up will be first come first serve and all the info you need will go out in next week's WLA blast, so stay tuned!  In the meantime, contact Ally (allylukas@gmail..com), Lyric (lyri...@gmail.com), or Sara (sara....@gmail.com) with any questions.  
  

Call for Exams and Outlines! 

Calling all 2Ls and 3Ls! Remember those outlines you spent hours crafting? Those exams you worked so hard on?  Put them to good use by contributing your old outlines and exams to the WLA Outline & Exam Bank and continue the tradition of women supporting women! To get a copy of your old exams, email Sandy Parker at sapa...@law.harvard.edu and requesting a copy and she will forward you the PDF.  Send your materials to w...@law.harvard.edu (include professor name, course title, and  semester).  
  
General Announcements: 
  

Advising & Lunch with Hayley Gorenberg, Deputy Legal Director, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund 

Hayley Gorenberg, Deputy Legal Director, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, New York, NY, will be at HLS for advising on February 3rd & February 4th and a lunch talk on Thursday, February 3rd, Pound 334, lunch provided!  Hayley Gorenberg is Deputy Legal Director for Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV. Gorenberg is lead counsel in Lambda Legal’s New Jersey state marriage equality case, and she advocates, writes and speaks widely on cutting-edge civil rights topics across the range of Lambda Legal's mission. She served as lead counsel in Lambda Legal's high-impact legal action against Cirque du Soleil on behalf of performer Matthew Cusick, who was fired because he has HIV. Prior to joining Lambda Legal, Gorenberg served as Coordinating Attorney for HIV Advocacy at the Legal Support Unit of Legal Services for New York City, where she ran a citywide legal task force addressing the emerging legal needs of low-income New Yorkers with HIV. Earlier, as the first staff attorney in the HIV Advocacy Project of Legal Services' Queens office, she engaged in a comprehensive civil litigation practice representing people with HIV. 
  

Latinas Unidas of Harvard College presents: The 4th Annual Latina Empowerment and Development Conference 

On February 12th, 2011, from 9AM-5:30PM, Harvard SOCH, 59 Shepard Street, Latinas Unidas of Harvard College presents: The 4th Annual Latina Empowerment and Development Conference. Open to all undergraduates, graduates, and the community!  For registration and additional information, visit our conference website! Featuring our Keynote, Marcela Garcia, Editor of El Planeta Newspaper of Boston.  Please join us to hear professional accomplished Latinas from around the country speak about their personal and professional experiences.

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