ABA Commission on Women in the Profession hosts webinar with top women bar leaders

Women are leading the majority of national bar associations across the United States this year, and in celebration of Women’s History Month the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession will host a Zoom webinar about the advancement, challenges and power of women in bar leadership.

The “Celebrating Women’s Leadership” webinar, sponsored by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, will take place Friday, March 24, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. via Zoom.

Featuring comments from ABA President Deborah Enix-Ross, the discussion will be moderated by Judge Maureen Mulligan, chair of the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, and will include panelists:

• Lonita Baker, president of the National Bar Association

• Judge Toni Clarke (ret.), president of the National Association of Women Judges

• Lousene Hoppe, president of the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association

• Sandra Leung, president of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

• Makalika Naholowa’a, president-elect of the National Native American Bar Association

• Tara Raghavan, president of the South Asian Bar Association

These bar leaders also will share lessons learned as they carved their paths to the top of the profession.

This program is co-sponsored by the following ABA entities: Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Coalition on Racial & Ethnic Justice, Council for Diversity in the Educational Pipeline, Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, ABA Judicial Division and the Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice.

To register for the webinar, visit https://bit.ly/40ltvyT.