Panel 3

Women Leading Change in the Practice of Law

Many women in the legal profession often feel forced to conform to a stereotypical and traditional male culture and system without recognizing the ability to implement change. Yet more and more women leaders are stepping up to lead the charge when it comes to securing alternative schedules and developing other means of easing the tension between a career in the law and a personal life. Women lawyers often are more apt to question the status quo, and this panel will explore how women leaders have done and can continue to do so in various ways. Advocacy, activism, and allyship, including that of men, are important to shape an inclusive, progressive, and ultimately equitable profession. Strategies to be explored by this panel include law firm structures and choice of practice, use of artificial intelligence and other technologies, and effective time-management and billing practices.  

Tricia Dunlap, Rebecca Geller, Sarah Robb
Colleen Marea Quinn, moderator