“The current crisis has brought existing inequalities to the fore. It also risks exacerbating them”, Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS).
Just as the Covid-19 crisis has brutally exposed the fault-lines in the political and cultural mores in various countries and various world leaders, thus the crisis will test and may well expose the true culture of your own law firm, for better or worse. Therefore, does the legal profession generally require an active policy to avoid the COVID-19 crisis exacerbating existing inequalities?
“The current crisis has brought existing inequalities to the fore. It also risks exacerbating them”, Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS).
Just as the Covid-19 crisis has brutally exposed the fault-lines in the political and cultural mores in various countries and various world leaders, thus the crisis will test and may well expose the true culture of your own law firm, for better or worse. Therefore, does the legal profession generally require an active policy to avoid the COVID-19 crisis exacerbating existing inequalities?
The In-House Community is proud to present the first in a series of Webinar discussions dedicated to ‘Women In Law’ on the topic of “Is Covid-19 taking women lawyers’ careers back to the 1950’s?“
The Webinars will be free to attend for invited legal professionals. We are also inviting law firms, legal service providers and companies to sponsor and support this important discussion as Co-Hosts if they wish to do so (details below).
About the discussions
Moderated by: Sally Dyson, consultant and coach to the legal profession at Firm Sense, former Head of Group Compliance & Regulation, Travelex Group and Co-Author of ‘The Real Deal: Law Firm Leadership that Works’.
Confirmed speakers include:
• Christina Blacklaws, Consultant, Blacklaws Consulting Ltd., former President, Law Society of England & Wales
• Connie Brenton, Chief of Staff/ Sr. Director, Legal Operations, NetApp
• Ferheen Mahomed, Group General Counsel, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
• Georgia Dawson, Asia Regional Managing Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• Hanim Hamzah, Regional Managing Partner - ASEAN, ZICOLaw
• Kate Broer, Partner, Dentons Canada LLP
• Linda Myers, Partner & founder of Women’s Leadership Initiative, Kirkland & Ellis
• Neelam Kaul, Founder, “Stressed in the City”, Global Executive Career Coach
• Nguyen Ha Quyen Hoang, Founding and Managing Partner, LNT & Partner
• Patrick Dransfield, Co-Director, In-House Community
• Serena Wallace-Turner, COO, Radiant Law
• Shruti Ajitsaria, Partner, Allen & Overy and Head of FUSE
• Sonja S. Weissman, Partner, Reed Smith
• Wei Wen Wang, Vice President, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Greater China
• Yosr Hamza, Director, Legal Counsel, Gartner
Supported by, Firm Sense, Investcorp, LNT & partners, PJS Law, SSEK and LEVICK
Webinar 1: Asia / Middle East / S. Africa / UK time friendly:
August 5th (Wednesday), HK – China Time: 4.30pm
Free to attend registration link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1106749021397833488
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