The 2012 Transformative Leadership Award Winners
This year's recipients accept their awards at the 3rd annual celebration
Award Recipients Celebrate Diversity
Learn what the winners had to say at this year's Transformative Leadership Awards dinner
The 2011 Transformative Leadership Award Winners
Women of influence discuss how they've mentored and advanced women lawyers.
News
Lori Elliot Jarvis named a 2012 Influential Woman of Virginia
Virginia Lawyers Weekly has named Lori Elliott Jarvis, a partner at Hunton & Williams, one of its 2012 Influential Women of Virginia.
Prudential GC receives leadership in diversity award
Susan Blount, the senior vice president and general counsel for Prudential Financial Inc., has been honored as one of Women’s eNews’s “21 Leaders for the 21st Century” for her work to increase diversity in the legal profession.
PNC Financial Services names new GC
Things will soon change in the Pittsburgh-based legal department of PNC Financial Services Group Inc. After nearly two decades in the general counsel role, Helen Pudlin will retire at the end of the month.
“Dinner Among Friends” fosters network of female GCs
In 2007, Karen Cottle traveled to New York for the inaugural awards of the DirectWomen Institute, which promotes women on corporate boards. Cottle, the general counsel of Adobe Systems Inc., was inspired by the event, but didn’t know of any similar organizations closer to her West Coast home.Opinion
Wendy Voss, Lindsay Clizbe
Labor: EEOC issues final rule on reasonable factors other than age under the ADEA
Mike Evers
It’s (still) good to be inside
Marla Butler
IP: Discoverability of settlement negotiations
Kim Taylor, Robert Davidson
Using arbitration for a quicker and more cost effective resolution
Stacy Jackson
IT and legal perspectives on data security
Project 5/165 is endeavoring to reach the day when one-third—or 165—of Fortune 500 general counsel are women. We want that day to come in the next five years, thus, 5/165. The programs encompasses various elements we hope will create awareness around this important topic, such as regular messages from the voice of Project 5/165, Stasia Kelly, and networking events around the country. In the meantime, we'll keep you updated on the latest news on women in corporate law with our monthly newsletter, and do our best to promote the advancement of women through in-person workshops.
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Transformative Leadership Winner Nadia Dombroski
In this video Nadia Dombroski discusses the advancement of women in lawThanks to our Sponsors
