UPDATED: Please note that the 2-day event has been finalised and changed to a 1-day programme and will now take place on Sept 18 only.
UCTLaw@Work in partnership with the Centre for Integrative Law will be presenting South Africa’s first Women in Law & Leadership Summit: Finding New Ways for Women to Lead in Law this September (18th).
Vanessa has been invited to speak at the event and will be joining fellow panelists Sally Hutton and Janet Taylor-Hall for ‘Barrier Breakers: Inspirational Stories of Women Who Broke New Ground‘.
The summit has been structured as a much needed space in which women lawyers can be inspired, uplifted, supported and challenged. It convenes preeminent women in law including law firm partners and associates, in-house counsel, advocates, NPO lawyers and academics open to sharing their stories. It is not a series of talks on “how I made partner.” Instead, we’ll be asking speakers to go a little deeper. This 1 day event is structured into panels and facilitated group discussions which include sessions on:
- Do women lead differently from men? If so, how does this play out in the legal profession?
- To close the pay gap you need to know your worth
- Women who have broken new ground
- Do we overvalue competence and undervalue confidence?
- Managing career transitions in law
- Developing your skills as a rainmaker
Panellists include:
- Vanessa Lynch, Director of the DNA Project
- Sally Hutton, Managing Partner, Webber Wentzel
- Vivienne Lawack, Dep Vice Chancellor, UWC
- Terry Winstanley, Director, DLACDH
- Beverley Clark, Director, Clark Attorneys
- Shelley Mackay-Davidson, Partner at The Bannister Group
- Melanie Holderness, Advocate at the Cape Bar
- Lerato Molefe, Attorney & Director of Naaya Consulting
- Janet Taylor-Hall, owner of Cognia Law
- Angela Simpson, Partner, Head of Talent Management, Webber Wentzel
- Wendy Applebaum, Philanthropist and businesswoman
- Robyn Hey, Director, HWD Attorneys
- Candice Pillay, Director, Hogan Lovells
Date: Friday 18 September 2015
Venue: the River Club, Observatory
Cost:
Lawyers in private practice & In House Counsel: R1995
Public Service & NPO lawyers: R1595
Full Time Law Students: R500
Please enquire about group discounts
Email Enquiries: andrea.blaauw@uct.ac.za
To register through UCT’s Law@work Division: please click HERE
TO SEE THE PROGRAM FIRST: please click HERE
Email queries: andrea.blaauw@uct.ac.za
Website: www.integrativelaw.co.za
