October 26, 2009 | No Comments | Academic, Featured, RWU School of Law
WHAT: The legal profession is changing rapidly, and it is hard to predict what the landscape will be like in a decade, five years or even one year. But one factor is certain: there will be ever more women in the profession, wielding ever more influence. It is therefore important to think both deeply and broadly about the cultural and substantive shifts the profession is facing, and how lawyers and employers can successfully position themselves for the new realities of law practice in the 21st century.
RWU Law’s “Women Who Lead” Series, spanning the 2009-10 academic year, will offer lectures, symposia and other events that spotlight the important works of women attorneys, while also addressing ongoing challenges such as “breaking the glass ceiling” and achieving work/family balance. Topics will include women on the bench, women in public interest law, various career paths and factors that make a given law firm culture attractive to women lawyers.
WHO: The Honorable Margaret H. Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts will open the Women Who Lead series with an address on “Our American Constitutions: Models for the 21st Century.” First appointed as an Associate Justice in 1996, Marshall was sworn in as Chief Justice in 1999. She is only the second woman to serve on the Supreme Judicial Court in its more than 300-year history and is the first woman to serve as Chief Justice. In November 2003, she handed down the landmark decision in Goodridge v. Department of Health, requiring equal marriage rights for gays and lesbians.
WHEN: Thursday, October 29, 2009
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
WHERE: Roger Williams University School of Law
Bristol, Rhode Island
Appellate Courtroom 283
About RWU Law: The Roger Williams University School of Law is the only law school in Rhode Island, and offers future attorneys a rigorous, world-class legal education in a supportive, personalized environment. A top-notch faculty and strong student culture, plus a commitment to public service, drive the school’s rapidly growing reputation for preparing graduates for practice in the 21st century.
About RWU: Roger Williams University is a leading independent, coeducational liberal arts university at which students live and learn to be global citizens. With 40 academic programs and an array of co-curricular activities on its Bristol, R.I., campus, RWU is committed to its mantra of learning to bridge the world. Under the leadership of President Roy J. Nirschel, Ph.D., the University has achieved unprecedented academic and financial successes. In 2009, U.S. News & World Report named RWU the seventh-ranked baccalaureate college in the north.
