2026 Conference Materials and Related Links
Thank you for visiting our Women in the Law Conference Materials page, a curated selection of articles and media presentations on topics related to Women in the Law.
“A Serious Senate Debate About an Unserious Bill,” League of Women Voters (March 20, 2026).
“LWV's Celina Stewart, Senators Schumer, Padilla, Representative Morelle, and Voting Rights Advocates Reject SAVE America Act,” League of Women Voters(March 17, 2026).
“To Protect Democracy, We Must Protect Voting Access For Women,” League of Women Voters (March 8, 2026).
Guided Mindfulness Exercises
Brenda Fingold
Mindfulness Consultant
- Practice Guide: 3 Minute Breathing Space and Mindful Check In
- Article: “How Mindfulness Can Help Manage Work Stress.”
- Listen: 5 Minute Mindfulness Exercise
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- So You Want to Hire an Equity Consultant: A Guide for Leaders and Organizations
- Gender Diversity Best Practices, ALM Intelligence Checklist.
- State of Maine Supreme Judicial Court Amendment to the Maine Rules of Professional Conduct, Effective June 1, 2019.
- Best Practices in Women’s Initiatives: What Your WomenWant and Need, Professional Development Institute Presentation.
- The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recommendations for Positive Change, A Report from the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being.
- First Chairs at Trial More Women Need Seats at the Table, A Research Report on the Participation of Women Lawyers as Lead Counsel and Trial Counsel in Litigation.
- The Grit Project Program Toolkit, Compiled by the American Bar Association
- Statistics from the ABA Commission on Women, Curated by the American Bar Association
- LawSites by Robert Ambrogi, Tracking new and intriguing websites and products for the legal profession
- Women in the Workplace 2016, A comprehensive study of the state of women in corporate America. The study is part of a long-term partnership between LeanIn.Org and McKinsey & Company to encourage female leadership and foster gender equality in the workplace
- Negotiate Your Way to Success: Best Practices for Women Rainmakers Facilitators’ Guide, ABA Women Rainmakers Spring 2014 Local Programming, co-sponsored by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession and the ABA Task Force on Gender Equity
- What You Need to Know about Negotiating Compensation, Presented by the ABA Presidential Task Force on Gender Equity and the Commission on Women in the Profession
- Gender Equity Task Force Publications, Publications from the ABA Presidential Task Force on Gender Equity
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- “Gray Hair Is a New Power Move for Women at Work,” The Wall Street Journal (September 26, 2022).
- “For Black Women Lawyers, the Needle Has Barely Moved at Law Firms,” Chicago Business (June 10, 2022).
- “Black Women in Law Feel Pride and Frustration Ahead of Court Nominee” The New York Times (January 20, 2022).
- “How To Retain More Women in Law Firms,” American Bar Association (September 8, 2021).
- “Why Women Lawyers Need To Push Harder Than Ever For Equality,” Above The Law (July 6, 2021).
- “Legal Progress Towards Gender Equality,” World Bank (2020).
- “Why Women and People of Color in Law Still Hear 'You Don’t Look Like a Lawyer',” Harvard Business Review (August 7, 2019).
- “Walking Out The Door: The Facts, Figures, and Future of Experienced Women Lawyers in Private Practice,” American Bar Association (2019).
- “How the Best Bosses Interrupt Bias on Their Teams,” Harvard Business Review (November-December 2019 Issue).
- “Women Did Everything Right. Then Work Got "Greedy.' How America’s Obsession With Long Hours has Widened the Gender Gap.’” The New York Times (April 26, 2019).
- “Women in Law: Learning From the Legal Pioneers,” Solicitors Journal (April 16, 2019).
- “19 Powerful Women On Why Voting Is So Important,” What Will it Take (2018).
- “Mindfulness and Wellbeing,” Trial Magazine (March 2018).
- “13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don’t Do, According to a Psychotherapist and Best-Selling Author,” CNBC (January 23, 2019).
- “‘Fearless Girl’ Statue Finds a New Home: At the New York Stock Exchange,” The New York Times (December 10, 2018).
- “Lawyers Say They Face Persistent Racial and Gender Bias at Work,” The New York Times (September 6, 2018).
- “A Motto for Your Career: Fear Less and Think High,” MCAA Rising Stars 2018 (Fall 2018).
- “Closing the Gender Gap in a Time of #MeToo,” Diversity Dashboard (August 24, 2018).
- “How the BBC Women Are Working Toward Equal Pay,” The New York Times (July 23, 2018).
- “Why Women Need Mid-Career Mentors,” CNN Money (July 3, 2018).
- “Change Requires the Courage to Act,” Northeastern News (May 21, 2018).
- “Court: Women Can't Be Paid Less Than Men Based on Past Wages,” Higher Ed Jobs (April 13, 2018).
- “Women Can't Have Prior Salaries Used Against Them, Court Says In Equal Pay Case,” NPR's The Two Way (April 10, 2018).
- “Gender Pay Gap Runs Deep at Big, Global Companies, U.K. Data Suggest,” Wall Street Journal (April 3, 2018).
- “Seven Ways I’ve Learned From Other Women To Fight Imposter Syndrome,” Fast Company (March 25, 2018).
- “Picture a Leader. Is She a Woman?,” The New York Times (March 16, 2018).
- “Getting Back in the Game,” WellesleyWeston Magazine (Fall 2017).
- “Four Ways Women Can Overcome Imposter Syndrome,” Forbes Magazine (January 30, 2018).
- Video: “Boston Trains Women to Negotiate in an Effort to Close the Wage Gap,” PBS News Hour (January 6, 2018).
- “After 50, Women Struggle to Find a Foothold at Work,” The Wall Street Journal (October 10, 2017).
- “The Gender Pay Gap Is Largely Because of Motherhood,” The New York Times (May 13, 2017).
- “Making it Rain: Top Three Tips for Becoming a Successful Rainmaker,” Law Practice Today (April 14, 2017).
- “Smashing the Glass Ceiling: Women in the Law,” The Huffington Post (May 28, 2016).
- “Pay Equity Push in Massachusetts Gains a Surprising Ally,” Women's eNews (April 16, 2016).
- “Does Attorney Gender Matter To Jurors?,” DOAR Blog Post (March 31, 2016).
- “Study Shows How Much Work It Takes to Be Supreme Court’s Friend,”The New York Times (March 7, 2016).
- “Over 50, Female and Jobless Even as Others Return to Work,” The New York Times (January 1, 2016).
- “In Mass. Big Firms, Women Largely Absent From Executive Positions,” MetroWest Daily News (November 21, 2015).
- “Women Start out as Ambitious as Men but It Erodes Over Time, Says Researcher,” The Guardian (November 19, 2015).
- “Massachusetts Needs Women Business Leaders,” Worcester Business Journal Online (November 9, 2015).
- Gender is a good starting place for solving Silicon Valley’s diversity problem, Pinterest engineer says,” Bizwomen (September 23, 2015).
- “EXCLUSIVE: If women want to get rich, they need to own their businesses, survey shows,”Bizwomen, (September 23, 2015).
- “Gaps in Earnings Stand Out in Release of College Data,” The New York Times (September 13, 2015).
- “What your company’s telecommuting policy has to do with your kids’ futures,” Boston.com (September 10, 2015).
- “Law is the least diverse profession in the nation. And lawyers aren’t doing enough to change that,” The Washington Post (May 17, 2015).
- “Kevin O'Leary of 'Shark Tank' invests in 27 companies and says the only ones making money have female CEOs,” Business Insider UK (May 11, 2015).
- “How Some Men Fake an 80-Hour Workweek, and Why It Matters,” The New York Times (May 4, 2015).
- “After the JD: The Beginning of a Longitudinal Study,” American Bar Foundation.
- “A Woman-Led Law Firm That Lets Partners Be Parents,” The New York Times (May 1, 2015).
- “Some Companies Fight Pay Gap By Eliminating Salary Negotiations,” NPR (April 23, 2015).
- “Welcome to Your First Year as a Lawyer. Your Salary Is $160,000,” The New York Times (April 16, 2015).
- “Editorial: Gender Wage Gap Hurts Everyone,” MetroWest Daily News (April 12, 2015).
- “Female Company President: "I'm Sorry to All The Mothers I worked With,” Fortune (March 3, 2015).
- “Women with $6 Million in Business Are Closing Pay Gap,” The American Lawyer (February 10, 2015).
- “Madam C.E.O., Get Me a Coffee: Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant on Women Doing ‘Office Housework,’” The New York Times (February 6, 2015).
- “Speaking While Female: Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant on Why Women Stay Quiet at Work,” The New York Times (January 12, 2015).
- “Stop Blaming Women for Holding Themselves Back at Work,” New York Magazine (December 1, 2014).
- “Why Women Should ‘Get the Hell Out’ of Ageist, Sexist Companies,", Inc. (November 6, 2014).
- “Satya Nadella’s Advice on Raises Stirs Wider Discussion Among Women, The New York Times (October 10, 2014).
- “Moving Past Gender Barriers to Negotiate a Raise, The New York Times (March 24, 2014).
- “Fighting the Gender Pay Gap,” The New York Times (September 8, 2014).
- “Why Women Don’t Apply for Jobs Unless They’re 100% Qualified,” Harvard Business Review (August 25, 2014).
- “Pay Gap is Because of Gender, Not Jobs,” The New York Times, (April 24, 2014).
- “The Confidence Gap,” The Atlantic (April 14, 2014).
- “Moving Past Gender Barriers to Negotiate a Raise,” The New York Times (March 24, 2014).
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The Myth of Meritocracy: Leadership on Gender in the Wake of #MeToo and Time’s Up, DisruptHR talk by Joan Fortin ´96, Shareholder and Director of Recruitment/Retention, Bernstein Shur.
Kimberly Dougherty '03 Takes Top Honor as Massachusetts’ “Lawyer of the Year”