While December 31st is just one day on the calendar, technically no different from any other, I still look at it as a special transition.  A new year is ahead, filled with opportunity and promise.  I made several big changes this year to come closer to living my dream,...

Many of you may not know that I have been off the blogging scene for a few months because of my relocation this fall to Boulder, Colorado.  While I had intended to make blogging a regular habit during this transition, I found it very difficult to achieve that goal,...

that all people will be able to reach their potential.   

I’m happy to post a link to the latest issue of the Professional Development Consortium’s newsletter, the Linkletter, with my article on Sponsorship Demystified starting on page 3.  Thank you to Lani Walser, my co-presenter on the subject at last summer’s PDC conference in Seattle, who generously wrote the...

Did you see last week’s research paper from The Glass Hammer on women in tech?  A survey of 200 junior and mid-level women in technology roles were presented with ten traits of leaders, and asked to pick three that describe today’s leaders.  They were later asked to select the three...

This Spring’s ABA Litigation Section Leadership meeting was one of the best ever, imho. We made significant progress on planning and decisions for the next bar year with respect to one of my favorite Section projects, the Judicial Intern Opportunity Program, and worked through a very full agenda on...

I always enjoy thumbing through the ABA Journal, and this month’s was no exception, especially since the cover headline was “Women in Charge,” and the issue contained the article “Do Women’s Initiatives Work?”  I have my own point of view on how law firm women’s initiatives are, or are...

I was away last week attending board meetings in Colorado and taking a few days off, after spending the prior week at the ABA Litigation Section Annual Conference in Chicago.  One of the things I’ve been looking forward to upon my return is the chance to take a class...

I found Sylvia Ann Hewlett’s recent article on sponsorship in the New York Times interesting, but missing the last piece of the puzzle.   As I’ve written and talked about, sponsors are distinct from mentors, and critical for career advancement, especially for women and minorities.  It’s harder to find...

I spent the morning yesterday working with a group of ABA Litigation Section volunteers in Chicago, thinking about how we can take one of our favorite programs, the ABA’s Judicial Intern Opportunity Program, to the next level.  For more than 10 years we’ve been recruiting and screening applicants from...