Group Status Update Continued: MWL

And the strategic goals continue...next up: proactively working to increase women's leadership opportunities in the profession.

STRATEGIC GOAL B: Increase the success and leadership of women in the law.

Strategies:

1. Position MWL as the best source for women lawyers at all career stages and in all types of careers, as it relates to their advancement in the profession.
2. Provide opportunities for effective networking to help women lawyers grow their professional connections.
3. Expand and enhance MWL’s mentoring programs.
4. Continue to develop seminars that advance the abilities of women lawyers (e.g. marketing, leadership, self-promotion, etc.) and offer CLE credit when appropriate.
5. Develop and implement strategies for women lawyers to secure positions on nonprofit and for profit boards of directors.

This goal brings back memories of earlier posts last month where Woman, Esq. discussed women as leaders in the workplace, and how the concept of "sisterhood" might not be as prevelant as people think. This goal serves as a great reminder not just to think about developing new relationships through these women lawyer groups, but also to enhance the relationships already formed. Many lawyers hate the term "networking," but people do it everyday by simply maintaining and nurturing professional and personal relationships. The next step is to take those relationships and work together to give women the opportunities to get the leadership positions in which they are interested.