November 6, 2019 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Corporate Counsel Panel Akerman LLP | 601 West Fifth Street, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Sue Zabloudil, Office Managing Partner of Akerman’s Los Angeles office, will moderate a panel discussion with corporate counsels from top national companies for their insights and strategies on creating an effective and authentic elevator pitch. Attendees will have the opportunity to practice their elevator pitches and receive live feedback from the panelists.
Guest Speakers:
Parking:
524 South Flower Street Garage/L.A. Public Library
$8.00 (rate after 5:00 pm)
(also known as Westlawn Garage)
The parking entrance is on Flower, just south of the southeast corner of Flower and Fifth Street.
RSVP to Marie Alvarez-Yapana at marie.alvaraez-yapana@akerman.com
September 11, 2019| 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. | Maintaining a Personal Life While Growing Your Practice
Dentons | 601 South Figueroa Street, 25th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017
RISE and the WomenLead Committee of Dentons are proud to co-host this presentation featuring Bernadette Catalana of Candid Talk for Women, and Ashley Selman of Thrive Studio Coaching. The focus of the panel will be on maintaining a personal life while growing your practice. Bernadette will discuss challenges facing women lawyers today, and how to confront them head-on. She will also show us how to develop skills that increase efficiency and effectiveness. Ashley will provide a non-legal perspective on changing the way we value our time, e.g., which (life) tasks should be delegated and which should be kept, along with the tools for building habits for sustained success. Ashley can also debunk myths about how much time we really need to spend working out in order to be healthy and fit given our busy schedules!
Guest Speakers
RSVP to milette.gonzalez@dentons.com
RISE, along with the Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Southern California Lawyers Association, and community sponsors are proud to present:
A panel discussion celebrating APA women in leadership roles, exploring the barriers and biases facing APA women, and confronting sexual harassment and sexism in the workplace.
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 | 6 pm: Reception | 7 pm: Panel Begins
Ronald F. Deaton Civic Auditorium | 100 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 Dinner provided by Park’s Finest Cost: Free | RSVP today | Register at http://www.apaba.org/events
PANELISTS:
Karin H. Wang – Moderator Executive Director, UCLA Law School’s Epstein Program
Hon. Dolly M. Gee U.S. District Court Judge, Central District of California
Laboni A. Hoq Litigation Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – LA
Celene Chan Andrews Partner, Kasdan Lippsmith Weber Turner LLP
Anna Y. Park Regional Attorney, EEOC – LA
For more information about RISE, contact: Celeste Brecht Partner, Venable LLP at cmbrecht@Venable.com or +1 310.229.9974
June 26, 2019 | 6-8 pm | Corporate Counsel Panel Akerman LLP | 601 West Fifth Street, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Corporate counsel have been invited as a panel. Attendees can practice their elevator pitches and receive live feedback from the panelists.
Guest Speakers
For more information about RISE, contact: Celeste Brecht Partner, Venable LLP at cmbrecht@Venable.com or +1 310.229.9974
March 30, 2019 | 11 am – 1 pm
Polsinelli | 2029 Century Park East, Los Angeles, CA 90067 | Conference Room A – located on concourse level
Guest Speakers:
Cost: $10 Member of any Organization below; $35 Non-Member Space is limited, reserve early | Lunch will be provided
RISE | Latina Lawyers Bar Association |Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers Alliance | Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles | Black Women Lawyers of Los Angeles | California Women Lawyers
REGISTER HERE: https://www.wlala.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1205053&group=
For more information about this event, contact: (213) 892-8982 or email info@wlala.org
For more information about RISE, contact: Celeste Brecht Partner, Venable LLP at cmbrecht@Venable.com or +1 310.229.9974
On November 15, 2018, RISE hosted Women in Trial – A Criminal Justice Perspective, featuring the following distinguished guest speakers:
The panelists provided tips and advice about how to succeed as a female trial attorney while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Civil litigators as well as those in criminal practice found the event helpful and inspiring.
Thank you to Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP for hosting the event at their beautiful office in Downtown Los Angeles.
Learn more about RISE at https://riselawyers.com/
Networking, complimentary CLE, and special guest speakers:
Zeina Grenier Head of Music Publishing Business Development, North America | Facebook
Jackie Hayes General Counsel and SVP, Legal & Business Affairs | Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc.
Amy Ruskin VP, Assistant General Counsel | CBS Television Studios
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 | 6-8 pm
Venable LLP | 2049 Century Park East, Suite 2300, Los Angeles, CA 90067
1.0 hour Elimination of Bias CLE | RSVP by 9/26 at http://www.sccla.org
On August 8, 2018, RISE held its Inaugural Judges Night, co-sponsored with the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (SCCLA) as a CLE provider.
Judges Brazil, Fujie, and Nagle told stories of their paths to the bench and shared empowering and insightful advice on succeeding in the profession. As an added bonus, attorneys received one hour of CLE Elimination of Bias credit.
Thank you to Kasdan LippSmith Weber Turner LLP for hosting the event at their beautiful new office in Little Tokyo.
Learn more about RISE at https://riselawyers.com/
Photos courtesy of Lana Von Haught: http://lanavonhaught.com/
For additional photos, please visit http://lanavonhaught.com/klwt-rise/
An evening of professional networking, complimentary CLE, and featured speakers:
Hon. Deborah Brazil | Hon. Holly J. Fujie | Hon. Margaret A. Nagle (Ret.)
Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | 6-8 PM
Kasdan LippSmith Weber Turner LLP
360 East 2nd Street, Suite 300 | Los Angeles, CA 90012
On November 2, 2017, RISE celebrated our third anniversary with Amy Brantly, Founding Partner at Kesselman Brantly Stockinger LLP, and President of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles. We were honored to have Amy with us to share her insights and celebrate another successful year.
We have a number of exciting events in the works for 2018, including the following:
For more information, contact: Celeste Brecht Partner, Venable LLP at cmbrecht@Venable.com or +1 310.229.9974
“Let me close my office door,” said the firm managing partner. That’s when we knew the truth was going to come out.
“Women keep leaving our firm,” he said into the phone. “We can’t figure out why. Everyone gets the same opportunities. We have a women’s initiative so the women can get together and hear from women partners. We give them extra business development and leadership training. None of it seems to make a difference. Women quit anyway. This can’t continue. What are we doing wrong?”
As consultants with complementary practices, we often collaborate to help professional firms diagnose and address vexing problems with retaining and developing women and diverse talent. We’ve seen too many misguided initiatives doomed from the start. They’re doomed because the initiatives are seen as add-ons: programs ancillary, not necessary, for the firm’s future. Continue reading
Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018
6 pm • Registration, Light Dinner
7:15 pm • Program
POLSINELLI, 2049 Century Park East
Suite 2900, Los Angeles, CA 90067
$25 Registration for AMEC, WLALA, LAIPLA, and ABA Women in IP Action Group members $35 nonmembers
RSVP by Nov. 1: Member code: (Growth)
https://amec.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=form_257602
Grit and growth mindset – characteristics that many successful women attorneys have in
common – may matter more than other measures such as IQ, class rank, or law school. This
program educates participants about the science behind these traits, provides attendees with
tools to assess their levels of grit and growth mindset, and gives practical advice to incorporate
these concepts. We will discuss grit and growth mindset as applied to situations such as
engaging in negotiations, making a pitch, motion practice, and handling a heavy workload.
Ultimately, these traits can be taught and leveraged to enhance the quality and effectiveness
of women lawyers. Come learn from our esteemed panelists as they discuss how they have
utilized grit and growth mindset to overcome obstacles and achieve success.
Speakers: Blair Berk, Tarlow & Berk • Mary Craig Calkins, Kilpatrick Townsend, Moderator
• Julie Shapiro, Endeavor Content • Hon. Jean Rosenbluth, U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S.
District Court, Central District of California
MCLE: One hour of CA State Bar elimination of bias credit.
Parking in the building for $15.00 after 5 p.m. Westfield Century City Mall parking, one block
away ($3.00 for 1.5 hours, $1.00 every 30 minutes thereafter).
Sponsoring Organizations:
riselawyers.com 