Events

Maximizing Success & Satisfaction in a 24/7 World

Host:  Watermark Topic:  Debbie Epstein Henry conducts fireside chat with Watermark CEO, Kevin Michielsen

DEH Speakers Series Event ~ General Counsel Driving the Diversity & Collaboration Agenda

Monday, September 23, 2019 from 12-2:00 PM EDT and by webcast Co-Hosts:  Greenberg Traurig, LLP and Association of Corporate Counsel, New York City Location: The Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Ave. (between E. 44th & E. 45th Streets), The Grand Ballroom, New York, NY Topic:  General Counsel Driving the Diversity & Collaboration Agenda.  The January 2019 New York Times article reporting on the dearth of diversity in law firm partnership promotions was the latest wake-up-call of the significant diversity challenges plaguing the legal profession.  An Open Letter response, now penned by more than 200 general counsel, pushes for greater diversity in the legal industry as well as tangible steps legal departments can take to inspire outside counsel change.  At this event, a distinguished general counsel and management panel will explore how to collaborate with outside counsel to build a more diverse profession, improve talent development for all lawyers, and achieve better outcomes for clients.  We hope you will join us for this thought provoking, interactive discussion that will explore hiring, developing and promoting diverse talent both inside companies and at the law firms and legal service providers with whom they work. Moderator: Debbie Epstein Henry, Founder, DEH Consulting, Speaking, Writing; Co-Founder, Bliss Lawyers Panelists:  Yen Chu, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, EQUINOX Ernest LaMont Greer, Co-President, Greenberg Traurig, LLP Michele Coleman Mayes, Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, The New York Public Library Laurie Poulos, Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, TRANZACT Greenberg Traurig LLP has graciously offered to provide lunch for all in-person attendees. Register for this event

Women Lawyers of Utah; Keynote

Keynote, Fall Retreat Women & Power:  Getting Ambitious About Ambition

The Alternative Path to Diversity, Inclusion and Equity

Host:  The 2019 Lavender Law Conference Register for this event Among the many challenges facing the legal profession is the struggle to increase diversity, inclusion and equity.  Law firms are under significant pressure from clients to present diverse slates when pitching for work.  Often times they’re left struggling to meet these requirements.  What if there was another way to help advance efforts for greater inclusion? What role do alternative legal service providers play in supporting law firms and in-house legal departments? Join us for a lively discussion on how law firms, in-house legal departments and alternative legal providers can partner in harmony to increase diversity and drive us towards greater inclusion and equity.

Her Perspective: Words of Wisdom from Courageous Women Counsel

Host: ACC Foundation’s Global Women in Law & Leadership Symposium, Co-hosted by ACC-NYC Women’s Group Register for this event

Lex Mundi Professional Development Roundtable

Implementing Sponsorship at Your Firm

How Corporate America Is Meeting the Pay Equity Challenge

First Chair Equal Pay Summit; Moderator, Executive Roundtable Register for this event

Networking Beyond the Basics

Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law – DC and Steptoe & Johnson LLP Register for this event The Washington, DC chapter of the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law is pleased to welcome Debbie Epstein Henry, a recognized expert, consultant, best-selling author, and public speaker on careers, workplaces, women and law. Join us for conversation and new insights on taking your networking to the next level. The session will cover making a compelling “ask,” effectively translating personal relationships into professional ones, demonstrating value, gaining access to power circles and venues, and making time for networking despite competing demands outside the office.

The Fourth Floor and Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Speak Up: Advocating for Yourself & Your Career

HOST:  Ms. JD Register for this event

Brooklyn Law School

50 Lessons for Women Lawyers – from Women Lawyers

HOST: New York City Bar Register for this event Book Launch Event and Reception Sponsored by the Women in the Legal Profession Committee of the New York City Bar Schedule 2:00 – 2:30 Registration 2:30 – 4:30 Panel discussion with contributors; two hours of CLE to be applied for in FL and NY 4:30 – 6:00 Wine and Cheese Reception and book signing

The Future of Law: Leading Women In Legal Talk Shop

Hosts:  Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) and Wolters Kluwer Title: The Future of Law:  Leading Women In Legal Talk Shop Debbie Epstein Henry will moderate a conversation with Stacey Caywood, CEO of Wolters Kluwer Global Legal & Regulatory and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Co-Chairs, Lisa Mayhew and Teri Pritchard

Developing a Healthy Appetite for Risk in Your Life

Location:  The Lodge at Woodloch More information about this event.

Make Your Ask a Give

Location:  The Lodge at Woodloch More information about this event.

Yale University, Reunion Weekend

Yale Women: The Paths We Took

Lex Mundi Managing Partners Conference

The Business Case for Gender Diversity Tomorrow’s Law Firm: Opportunities & Challenges for Women

Lex Mundi North America Regional Conference

March 7, 2019 ~ 2:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. & March 8, 2019 ~ 11:25 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. Best Practices for Retaining and Advancing Women Lawyers

DEH Speaker Series Event ~ Brave, Not Perfect: Debbie Epstein Henry Interview of Reshma Saujani

March 27, 2019 from 8-10:00 AM EDT and by webcast Location: The Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Ave. (Between E. 44th & E. 45th St.), The Grand Ballroom, New York, NY Co-Hosted by: DLA Piper DLA Piper has graciously offered to provide a copy of Reshma’s book and breakfast for all in-person attendees. Register for this event TOPIC:  Brave, Not Perfect. Do you ever feel crushed under the weight of your own expectations?  Do you often lose sleep ruminating over a tiny mistake or worrying about what someone else thinks of you?  Do you run yourself ragged trying to do it all at home and at work, with a smile and not a hair out of place?  Have you ever passed up an opportunity – a new relationship, new job, or new challenge – because you’re afraid you won’t immediately excel at it?  Is failure simply not an option?  If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, you’re not alone.  As women, we’ve been taught from an early age to play it safe.  Well-meaning parents and teachers rewarded us for being quiet and polite, urged us to be careful so we don’t get hurt, and steered us to activities at which we could shine.  Meanwhile, boys were expected to speak up, get dirty, play rough, and climb to the top of the monkey bars.  In short, boys are taught to be brave, while girls are taught to be perfect.  At this event, Reshma Saujani, New York Times best-selling author and Founder of Girls Who Code, will show us how to end our love affair with perfection and rewire ourselves for bravery.  With probing questions posed by author and workplace expert Debbie Epstein Henry, Reshma will share the findings of her book, Brave, Not Perfect, motivated by her TED talk on the subject that had over four million views.  Drawing on her own personal journey and hundreds of interviews with girls and women changing the world one brave act at a time, Reshma will inspire us with an array of powerful insights and practices to make bravery a lifelong habit and enable us to be the architects of our biggest, boldest, and most joyful life. DISTINGUISHED GUEST: Reshma Saujani is the Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, the nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology while teaching girls confidence and bravery through coding.   Girls who Code has become a movement, reaching almost 90,000 girls of all backgrounds around the country.  A lifelong activist, Reshma was the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress.  She is the author of three books:  New York Times best-seller, Girls Who Code; Brave, Not Perfect; and, Women Who Don’t Wait In Line.  Reshma’s TED talk, “Teach girls, bravery not perfection,” has more than four million views and has sparked a national conversation about how we’re raising our girls.  She is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and Yale Law School.  Reshma has been recognized for her work by many organizations including being named one of Fortune’s World’s Greatest […]

Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation’s LEAD Academy

Empowered Women Leaders luncheon keynote Register for this event