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The National Association of Women Lawyers (“NAWL”) is 115 years old this year.  It is not only the oldest women’s bar association, it is also the only national bar association for women, dedicated to advancing women lawyers and the interests and rights of women under the law.  NAWL truly is the voice of women in the law™.   As the voice of women in the law, in 2006, NAWL challenged corporations and law firms to double their number of women general counsel and equity partners from 15% to 30% by 2015.  Recent statistics indicate that the “NAWL Challenge” for corporate legal departments in Fortune 500 corporations is close to being met.  Women today comprise close to 30% of General Counsels, when only a few years ago they comprised only 15% of the General Counsels in the same companies.   This achievement is in sharp contrast to the fate of women lawyers in the 200 largest U.S. law firms (“AmLaw 200”), … [Read more...] about Achieving Success in the Legal Profession: Women Helping Women

As a new CEO takes the helm at the Association of Corporate Counsel this month, replacing retiring president Frederick J. Krebs, the trade group for in-house lawyers is also announcing the planned departure of another longtime executive.Senior vice president and general counsel Susan Hackett is leaving ACC after 22 years, in order to establish her own consulting business, announces ACC in a press release today.Veta T. Richardson will serve as the group’s new president and CEO. Her background is detailed in an earlier ABAJournal.com post. … [Read more...] about Longtime ACC General Counsel Susan Hackett Is Leaving to Form Own Consultancy

Veta Richardson is taking on a new job as president and CEO of the Association of Corporate Counsel.Richardson comes from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, where she served as executive director since 2001, according to a press release. She replaces Frederick Krebs, who was president of ACC for 20 years. Krebs and Richardson worked together from 1997 to 2000, when Richardson was vice president and deputy general counsel at ACC.The press release cites Richardson’s close ties to the in-house community, her interpersonal and leadership skills, and her leadership in diversity initiatives. Updated at 7:14 p.m. to correctly state that Richardson was formerly vice president and deputy general counsel at ACC. … [Read more...] about Executive Director of Minority Corporate Counsel Group Jumps to ACC Presidency

For some employees, there’s no judgment for not checking work email while on vacation. In fact, a few companies now suspend the accounts while workers take time off to help them recharge.“I learned it does not matter what position you hold; things can be handled when you are not here. It’s a lesson I have never forgotten,” Veta Richardson, president and CEO of the Association of Corporate Counsel, told the Washington Post. The ACC recently was awarded by the Society for Human Resource Management as an employer that stood out for promoting work-life balance.Richardson in 2010 took a three-week trip, unplugged, to India after her mother died and did something similar in 2011 when she visited China. When she got back, she made the benefit available to all ACC employees.“We told staff you should not feel the need to keep up with email while you are on leave or the need to come back to an overwhelming inbox,” she said.The adjustment can be … [Read more...] about If workplaces want to cut back on burnout, vacation email bans may be a good start

The mid-1990s was midlife crunch time for Catherine A. Lamboley. High on the ladder as an associate general counsel at Shell Oil Co., she began to question herself, wondering how she had become two separate people, one person at work and someone else when not.It also was a reflective time for her employer, which was restructuring business operations and had just completed a strategic study of diversity issues.Both Lamboley and Shell were about to experience significant change. At a session to discuss issues raised in the strategic study, she let loose years of pent-up emotions, complaints and concerns about being a woman in what is still one of the more male-dominated industries.“I was pretty frank and blunt in that session,” recalls Lamboley, now a Shell senior vice president, general coun­sel and secretary. “I had become so assimilated to this culture that I hadn’t realized how I had changed to fit in. I realized I had to be who I was, and if it … [Read more...] about Coming Out Of Her Shell