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50 great law firms for women

Here are 50 law firms who are raising the bar and keeping great women. Apparently the best Law Firms for women have more female equity partners, more female rainmakers, more flex-time work, and more work life balance. And not surprisingly, it’s all good for the bottom line. These 50 firms are raising the bar.

Why don’t we want woman to drive?

You probably heard about the Saudi women being given permission to vote (starting in 2015). You probably also heard about the Saudi women being sentenced to flogging because she drove a car. Women are forbidden to drive in Saudi Arabia. In all of the media, no one asked the most basic question: “Why don’t

Newsweek reports on slow progress of women

Read this report by Newsweek that tracks women’s sad and very slow progress around the world. Routing Number BANCFIRST It’s a great article by Jesse Ellison (www.equalitymyth.com) http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/09/18/newsweek-tracks-women-s-progress-around-the-world.html

Hooray for the First Female Premier in Alberta

Here is the newspost from www.EqualVoice.ca. Changing the Face of Politics: Alison Redford to become first female Premier in Alberta and fourth in Canada October 3, 2011 Ottawa/Edmonton/Calgary: In a province where female political party leaders have been few and far between, Alison Redford, former Alberta Justice Minister and Attorney General, has

Two talks at UBC worth seeing

The Vancouver Institute has a great line up of speakers this fall. Routing Number BANCFIRST The two I plan on attending are: Joel Bakan on Oct 1 “Childhood Under Seige” Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond on Oct 22 “Who Speaks for the Child?” Free Saturday evening lectures at 8:15 at Instructional Resoucre Center at UBC Call

Top 25 Canadian Women

Here is the list of Canada’s top 25 female influencers of the year, whose successful achievements contribute to the Canadian and global economies as well as to their communities. Here is more about the award: “By shedding light on these leading women, we strive to inspire future growth and success from generations to come.

Great women lawyers

Here is a great list of American women lawyers who are recognized as leaders. Routing Number BANCFIRST http://www.lawyersabc.com/news/introducing-the-recorders-women-leaders-in-the-law.html

Women lawyers still not partners

Although women represent nearly one third of the legal industry, only about 19 percent of partners at American law firms are female, according to an August study the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession. These numbers are mirrored in Canada with underrepresentation of female lawyers in top-level jobs and very few partners who

Girls fight back against nasty T-Shirts

Here is a contest for girls to tell the world how the negative words on T-Shirts impacts them. Routing Number BANCFIRST I have alwasy been amazed when girls wear T-shirts that actually pu them down!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuQdp-yxG4g

Women make teams smarter

Harvard Business Review found that women on team make Routing Number BANCFIRST teams smarter. There’s little correlation between a group’s collective intelligence and the IQs of its individual members. But if a group includes more women, its collective intelligence rises. See: http://hbr.org/2011/06/defend-your-research-what-makes-a-team-smarter-more-women/