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The Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City promotes the equality of women and others within society and the legal profession in particular.

 Kansas City, Missouri
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Joined April 2011
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New Report Identifies Four Factors Women Look For In The Workplace via @forbes forbes.com/sites/erinspencer…
Study finds male partners make an average of 53% more than female partners at top law firms abajournal.com/news/article/… via @ABAJournal
Women at Ivy League law schools reject employers with mandatory arbitration agreements abajournal.com/news/article/… via @ABAJournal
Sandra Day O'Connor Says She Has Dementia, Withdraws From Public Life n.pr/2OJbOsz

Sandra Day O'Connor Says She Has Dementia, Withdraws From Public Life

O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, says she has been diagnosed with "the beginning stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer's disease."

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More law firms join 'best for women' lists, but statistics are stalled abajournal.com/magazine/arti… via @ABAJournal

More law firms join 'best for women' lists, but statistics are stalled

More firms than ever before vied for a spot on the 11th annual Working Mother Best Law Firms for Women 2018 list. Yet women still face career challenges in large law firms.

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Celebrating International Day of the Girl and inspiring girls to take charge of their future.
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600 million adolescent girls will enter the workforce in the next decade. Girls’ full participation in the future workforce requires tackling gender stereotypes across professions. On Thursday's #DayOfTheGirl, find out more from @UNICEF: uni.cf/2Cz85HF
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As women lawyers across the country say #MeToo, bar associations play an important role | Bar Services, Division for shar.es/a1d4Kh
Click here to read the latest issue of AWL's Spotlight! conta.cc/2RdQmJY
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become an unlikely pop culture icon abajournal.com/magazine/arti… via @ABAJournal
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Supreme Court adopts military-spouse rule molawyersmedia.com/2018/09/2…

Supreme Court adopts military-spouse rule

Starting in 2019, lawyers whose military spouses are stationed in Missouri will be able to gain temporary admission to practice in Missouri without taking

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Anita Hill: How to Get the Kavanaugh Hearings Right nyti.ms/2NlXjKH
30 Female Photographers Sound Off On Fashion's Gender Imbalance r29.co/2PFz5HU
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The Young Lawyers Section (YLS) of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association is hosting its inaugural annual sand volleyball tournament and YOU are invited! You can here: kcmba.org/web/_iCore/Events/…. Sign up individually, and we will place you on a team!
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Please Join us for an evening of Appetizers and Networking September 25 , 2018, 5:15 -7:00pm UMKC School of Law 500 E. 52nd St. In the Student Lounge. Kindly reply with the reply following link: umkclaw.link/diversityrecept…
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Margaret Brent awards honors women dedicated to inclusion, equal rights and social justice abajournal.com/news/article/… via @ABAJournal

Margaret Brent award honors women dedicated to inclusion, equal rights and social justice

The Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award luncheon is a highlight of the ABA Annual Meeting. Sunday’s packed event in Chicago was no exception…

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Interesting read! What It Takes to Be a Trial Lawyer If Your're Not a Man theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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The Double-Barreled Bias Against Black Women Lawyers at.law.com/myXtqQ?cmp=share_… via @corpcounsel
Little agreement between the sexes on tackling harassment, Working Mother/ABA Journal survey finds abajournal.com/news/article/… via @ABAJournal
Little agreement between the sexes on tackling harassment, Working Mother/ABA Journal survey finds

Little agreement between the sexes on tackling harassment, Working Mother/ABA Journal survey finds

The impact of the #MeToo movement on the American workplace is already apparent less than a year after several powerful men were charged in late 2017 with sexually harassing women.

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Stagnant Progress on Law Firm Diversity Can't Continue at.law.com/jWorc6?cmp=share_… via @AmericanLawyer
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Check out this month's issue of AWL's Spotlight and catch the featured article by AWL member Lauren Tucker McCubbin on the importance of civility in your practice: conta.cc/2Kowccd
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