October 7, 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Historical, Legal and Activist Perspectives on Affirmative Action Use link to register: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_INRslH9_RmC08C0iJWr3bQ Moderated by Professor Vinay Harpalani, the event features: Dr. César A. Cruz,...

Nominations Open for WLAC Officers & Board of Directors The Women Lawyers of Alameda County Nominating Committee is accepting applications for the 2021 Board of Directors. Anyone who has been a voting member of the organization for at least one year is eligible to...

The Courts: Press Coverage/Pressing Concerns Please join us for the rare opportunity to hear two former judges, a veteran journalist, and an esteemed Stanford Law professor speak forthrightly about how news coverage impacts both public confidence in the Courts and...

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The Women Lawyers of Alameda County Nominating Committee is developing the slate for the 2020 Board of Directors. Anyone who has been a voting member of the organization for at least one year is eligible to hold office. Deadline: August 15, 2019.

Are you a target on Twitter? The Amnesty International Troll Patrol project revealed the scale and nature of online abuse faced by women. And it is frightening but not surprising.  It was  a joint effort by human rights researchers, technical experts and thousands of...

A Federal Judge, in response to a suit filed by the National Women's Law Center among others, revived an Obama-era rule that requires larger companies (over 100 employees)  to report workers’ pay data broken down by gender and race,  This means that Big Law will have...

This is a publication of the NY State Bar Assn that followed a study of women's status in the law.  While its conclusion about the continued existence of inequality is not surprising, the study is interesting and contains suggestions for change....