On the evening of Tuesday,
March 16th, 2010, please join Minnesota Women Lawyers for its 2010 Winter
Celebration. Complete with dinner and a keynote address, the 2010 Winter
Celebration is our premier networking event of the year. In true MWL
style, this event provides our members and guests with an opportunity to hear
from speakers who are current trendsetters, both in and out of the legal
community.
Details:
Time: 5:00 p.m. registration and reception;
6:00 p.m. dinner and keynote
Location: Hyatt
Regency Hotel in downtown Minneapolis (1300 Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis.)
Fee: MWL Members - $60; Non-Members
- $80
MWL Low Income and MWL Law Student Members - $40
MWL Friends - $200 (includes two tickets to the event)
(limited scholarships are available; contact Debra Pexa to inquire:
dpexa@mwlawyers.org).
RSVP: by
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Register:
HERE or via invitation (to be mailed to all MWL members shortly)
MWL is pleased to welcome Lani Guinier as its 2010 Winter Celebration keynote
speaker. In her remarks, Ms. Guinier will discuss how women can achieve
success in law, in spite of the obstacles still faced.
In 1998, Lani Guinier
became the first black woman to be appointed to a tenured professorship at
Harvard Law School. Before joining the faculty at Harvard, she was a tenured
professor for ten years at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. During the
1980s, she was head of the voting rights project at the NAACP Legal Defense
Fund, and served in the Civil Rights Division during the Carter administration
as special assistant to then-Assistant Attorney General Drew S. Days. Guinier
came to public attention when she was nominated by President Bill Clinton in
1993 to head the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, only to
have her name withdrawn without a confirmation hearing. Guinier turned that
incident into a powerful personal and political memoir, Lift Every Voice:
Turning a Civil Rights Setback into a New Vision of Social Justice. Dean of Yale
Law School Anthony Kronman calls Lift Every Voice a “moving personal testimony,
a story of dignity and principle and hope, from which every reader can take
heart.”
While a member of the faculty of the University
of Pennsylvania Law School, Guinier investigated the experience of women in law
school, leading to the publication of a book, Becoming Gentlemen: Women, Law
School and Institutional Change. She and her co-authors found that women were
not graduating with top honors, although women and men came to the school with
virtually identical credentials. The author of many articles and op-ed pieces on
democratic theory, political representation, educational equity, and issues of
race and gender, Guinier has written The Tyranny of the Majority (Free Press,
1994) about issues of political representation; Who’s Qualified? (Beacon Press,
2001) written with Susan Sturm about moving beyond affirmative action to
reconsider the ways in which colleges admit all students; and The Miner’s Canary
(Harvard Press, 2002), written with Gerald Torres about the experience of people
of color as a warning or “canary” signaling larger institutional inequities.
A graduate of Radcliffe College of Harvard
University and Yale Law School, Guinier has received numerous awards, including
the 1995 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award from the American Bar
Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession; the Champion of Democracy
Award from the National Women's Political Caucus; the Rosa Parks Award from the
American Association for Affirmative Action; the Harvey Levin Teaching Award,
given to her by the 1994 graduating class at the University of Pennsylvania; and
the 2002 Sacks-Freund Teaching Award from Harvard Law School. She is the
recipient of 11 honorary degrees from schools which include Smith College,
Spelman College, Swarthmore College, and the University of the District of
Columbia.
MWL Colleague Connections
In an effort to encourage networking
among our members, we are pleased to offer “MWL Colleague Connections” at the
2010 Winter Celebration. When you register and pick-up your nametag at the
Winter Celebration, let us know if you are interested in participating in
Colleague Connections. You will then be introduced to an MWL colleague who will
not only be a new contact for you, but will also be someone well connected at
MWL who can further introduce you to others at the Winter Celebration. It is
our hope that MWL Colleague Connections will provide a fabulous networking
opportunity, all in the good company of MWL members and their guests. This
opportunity is available to all members, whether you are new to MWL or a
long-time member.
MWL Silent Auction
The 2010 Winter Celebration will also feature a silent auction to benefit
MWL's Law Student Scholarship Fund. For more information about the Silent
Auction, to volunteer or to donate, please contact co-chairs Christine Swanson (cswanson@kellyandlemmons.com)
or Maddie Brooks (mbrooks@beaconhillsg.com).
Registration
Invitations for the 2010 MWL Winter Celebration were mailed to MWL
members in early February.
Online registration is currently available
HERE.
Limited scholarships are
available for this event. To inquire about scholarships, or for an
additional information about the 2010 Winter Celebration, contact MWL at
612/338-3205 or
dpexa@mwlawyers.org.
Sponsorship Opportunities:
MWL's 2010 Platinum, Gold and Silver
Partners (legal employers) are considered sponsors of the Winter Celebration and
receive a table of 10 at the event. Details will be forwarded to Partner
contacts shortly. Information about becoming a 2010 Partner is available
HERE.
Diamond and Sapphire Premier Members (individuals) are considered
"Friends" of the Winter Celebration and receive 2 tickets to the event. Details
will be forwarded to Premier Members shortly. Information about becoming a
2009-2010 Premier Member is available
HERE.
Table sponsorships are also available at 3 benefit levels. Click
HERE for
complete information. Contact
dpexa@mwlawyers.org for more information.
Thanks to Sponsors of the
2010 Winter Celebration
(to
date)
Benefactor
Briggs and Morgan, P.A.
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
Faegre & Benson LLP
Larson • King
Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P.
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
Patron
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Gray Plant Mooty
Leonard, Street and Deinard
West, part of Thomson Reuters
Xcel Energy
Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP
Supporter
Best & Flanagan LLP
Family Solutions Law Group, LLC
Flynn Gaskins & Bennett LLP
Greene Espel P.L.L.P.
Hamline University School of Law
Larkin Hoffman Attorneys
Maslon Edelman Borman &
Brand
Meagher & Geer, PLLP
Moss & Barnett, P.A.
Nilan Johnson Lewis
Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, LLP
Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A.
UnitedHealth Group
Friends
Dana Bartocci
Patricia A. Beithon
Suzanne Born
Kristine Boylan
Liz Cutter
Megan J. Hertzler
Sara H. Jones
Carol Klaphake
Lawrence R. King
Kathleen M. Lamb
Judith Bevis Langevin
Alan Maclin
Jacqueline Mrachek
Susan C. Rhode
Hon. Terri Stoneburner
Mary Vasaly
Cynthia Vermeulen
For more information about the 2010 Winter Celebration, contact MWL at
612/338-3205 or
dpexa@mwlawyers.org.
Registration
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