Published articles and press releases about the NEW JERSEY WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION.
Articles
A Chance To Help Law Firms
Stem the Exodus of Women
By Christine A. Amalfe
The need for work environments that
encourage and support the advancement
and retention of women has
recently received a significant amount of
attention in the media, in open forums and
around the water cooler.Ms. Amalfe, is a member of the New Jersey
Council on Gender Parity in Labor and
Education, is a partner with Gibbons, Del
Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione in
Newark, where she chairs the
Employment Law Department and is the
firm’s human resources general counsel, and a member of the NJWLA Board of Trustees. [New Jersey Law Journal, December 11, 2006]
Women Lawyers Association Recasts Itself and Its Mission
Last year, the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association was headed toward oblivion. It had not met for more than a year and could not find anyone interested enough to be its president. Today, the 25-year-old association has around 100 members and a new mission. Where it once concentrated on putting women judges on the bench, it is now focusing its energies on keeping women in the law and helping them balance the demands of their personal and professional lives. [New Jersey Law Journal, November 27, 2006]
Association Revitalized
[New Jersey Law Journal, New Jersey Lawyer, November, 2006]
Women in the Legal Profession: The Quest to Overcome Barriers to Advancement Continues
[Commerce magazine, Summer 2006]
Lawyer on a Mission - A rebirth for the women's group
Kirsten Scheurer Branigan and the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association, was featured in the May 8, 2006 New Jersey Lawyer article titled "Lawyer on a mission - A rebirth for the women's group" by Kathleen Bird. The article focus on
Ms. Branigan's determination to help breathe new life into the NJWLA, focusing on assisting female lawyers through mentoring, education, networking and professional advancement. Ms. Branigan is the President of NJWLA. [New Jersey Lawyer, May 8, 2006]
The Challenges Women Attorneys still Face
Kirsten Scheurer Branigan, President of the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association, was featured in the May 22, 2006 NJ Biz article titled " The Challenges Women Attorneys Still Face" by Martin C. Daks. The article focus on how Ms. Branigan wil be using her role as newly elected President of NJWLA, to address what she sees as the problems experienced by women who practice law.
[NJ Biz, May 22, 2006]
Press Releases
NJWLA ‘Call to Action’ Networking Breakfast A Huge Success
[Greenberg Dauber Epstein & Tucker, Newark, October 12, 2007]
NJWLA Announce Recipients Of
2008 Women's Initiative & Leaders In Law (Will) Platinum Award
[Newark, NJ, October 2007]
NJWLA Member, Rosemary E. Ramsay,
Sworn In As Judge of the Superior Court
[Morristown - June 22, 2007]
Leading Law Firms Demonstrate Commitment to WorkLife Balance in the Legal Profession.
[San Francisco, CA, September 4, 2007]
PAR Membership Brochure
www.pardc.org
NJWLA announces the WILL Fundraising Project at Summer Networking Breakfast
[SILLS, CUMMIS, EPSTEIN & GROSS, PC, Newark, July 19, 2007]
NJWLA 2007 Networking Event
[RED RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, Red Bank,
June 6, 2007]
NJWLA presents “Ending The Gauntlet - Removing
Barriers to Women’s Success in the Law” in honor
of Women’s History Month
[SETON HALL UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, Newark, March 22, 2007]
NJWLA – Executive Director Appointed
[NEWARK NJ, November 14, 2006]
NJWLA – Best Practices Seminar a Huge Success
[RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL, NEWARK,
November 3, 2006]
NJWLA – Association Revitalized
[INSTALLATION CEREMONY, June 29, 2006]
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