COME HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

Favazza’s Rose of the Hill

Thursday, December 11, 2008.

 The proceeds will be donated to a worthy charity in the St. Louis Area that benefits women and/or children.  We need your help to make this event a success.  In the past, people have donated a week at a beach-front condo, original oil paintings, hand-crafted and vintage jewelry, personal care items, tickets to sporting or cultural events, gift certificates and numerous other items.  We are grateful for all donations. 

If you do not have items to donate and still wish to support this event, you may issue a check to assist with the underwriting of this event.  This is also very much appreciated by WLA.

Please contact Kristine Bridges at (314) 553-6559 or kbridges@thompsoncoburn.com with questions or if you have an item with special delivery needs. 

Mark your calendars for this fun and festive event. Look for your invitation in the mail or log on to www.wlastl.org.  Your support is greatly appreciated.

PAY YOUR 2008-2009 DUES WITH PAY-PAL!!

It's that time of year again, to renew your WLA membership for the brand new 2008-2009 year, dues should be paid in September.  New this year is the ability to pay those dues through pay-pay - a safe and easy way to pay by credit card on the internet.  If you just have one membership to purchase, just click on the "Buy Now" button underneath the membership level of your choice.  If you have more than one membership to purchase, click on the "Add to Cart" button underneath each of the membership levels you need.  Then click on the "View Cart" button when you're finished and pay for all the women in your firm at once! 

You'll see that we've increased our dues for the first time in at least 7 years.  We hope that you'll see the benefits over the course of the year in more free events, bigger charitable donations and activities, and new and exciting locations.  Suggestions on how we can make WLA even better?  Drop us a line at wla@wlastl.org. 

Finished with your purchases?  Click on the "View Cart" button below to finish enrolling your whole firm in WLA!

*Proceeds from additional dues paid by Black Robe, Gavel, and Scales of Justice Members will be donated to the WLA Foundation for WLA's charitable activities including the Linda J. Murphy Scholarship Fund for women law students.

Thank You to these 2008-9 WLA Members

who contributed at the following levels:

Black Robe Members $250

Gavel Members $150

Scales of Justice Members $100

NEED A LAWYER?  TRY A WOMAN!

Click and "Find A Woman Lawyer" Today

  At long last (or maybe you didn’t even know you were waiting for it) the online directory is here. Potential clients, other attorneys, judges, journalists, and tons of others can now found you, a woman lawyer, on line. Just got to the side-bar above and to the left on your screen and select “Find a Woman Lawyer”. 

  Not only does the directory work well, it looks good. The directory offers four searching parameters:  Last Name, Practice Area, Location & Committee Membership—combine one or more of the parameters to narrow your search.  Be sure to hit the enter button on the page and not the enter button on your keyboard. 

  Looking for another attorney to help you with your clients’ personal injury issues? Not a problem, selecting from the practice area pull down menu is a snap and gets you to the right woman for the job. Too many choices in that practice area? Narrow it down by location to get exactly what you’re looking for. Need an email address for the lawyer you met at the last WLA function? Simple as pie, just type in her last name and get all her contact info. As an added bonus, you can search the directory for members of WLA’s various committees

  Best of all, it’s affordable:  a one time fee of $10.00 gets you on the information superhighway as long as your WLA dues remain current.   If you are already a member of WLA, click here for an application for the directory only and send it in.

  If you have already enrolled in the online directory, please go and check your listing today. If it is incorrect, email me at nichols@coffey-law.com and I’ll fix it right away. 

   An online directory of women lawyers?   What more can a girl ask for?

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WLA STATEWIDE WORKPLACE SURVEY

The raw results are in!  Thanks so much to the 541 women out there who responded to the survey and worked hard to provide invaluable information about their employment conditions and experiences.  We will use the survey to identify policies and practices that help or hinder women lawyers in the workplace.  Right now WLA is still working hard to put the results together.  We plan to informally present the results to the women lawyers at the big firms in the fall and to formally present the results during a forum in the spring.  Check out September's newsletter for a sneak peak at the results.  Thanks also to Megan Phillips for putting the survey together.

Click Here for a snapshot of the results.

Click Here for a copy of the Gail Appleson's 6/23/06 Post-Dispatch article about the survey results.

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The mission of the Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater St. Louis is to:

• Promote and assist women to obtain positions of influence and leadership within their workplace, the legal profession, the judiciary, and the community,
• Raise awareness of and fight biases against women within the community at large, the legal profession, and under the law,
• Promote and effect diversity, equality, and justice under the law and within the legal system,
• Support women lawyers in their personal and professional lives,
• Provide opportunities for volunteerism and advocacy on issues affecting women, and
• Collaborate with other individuals and organizations to improve the status of women.

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