Community, Networking, & Education for Women Attorneys in the U.S.
From Thrive Global authored by:
“There are two primary mental shifts that occur in the lives of all highly successful people. Many make the first, but very few make the second.
Both of these shifts require a great deal of mental stretching from conventional and societal ways of thinking. In many ways, these shifts require you to unlearn the negative and sabotaging programming from your youth, public education, and even adulthood.”
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From Mother Nature Network authored by Robin Shreeves:
“My friends Dana and John perfectly practice what the Rev. Jack King referred to as “scruffy hospitality.” Their kitchen is small. The wood cabinets are dark and a few decades old. Spices and jars for sugar and flour line the countertops because there’s nowhere else to put them. A tall, round table shoved in a corner has mismatched bar stools crammed around it.
The sliding glass doors in the kitchen lead to a back deck with a well-used chiminea, an outdoor table and a large variety of chairs and cushions, many of them bought at yard sales. We circle the chairs around the chiminea on weekend nights during all four seasons, whenever Dana and John put out a simple call out through text or Facebook that says, ‘Fire tonight!'”
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From Juvenile Justice Information Exchange authored by Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren:
“As the presiding judge of Broward County, Florida’s Misdemeanor Mental Health Court, I believe it is important to promote access to community care and recovery. Therefore, mental health literacy is a key facet of court process.
In this regard, I provide community mental health resource books and brochures from the Broward Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), and its Family-to-Family educational program. Moreover, in a trauma-informed court that serves men and women who have experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), court dialogues about the findings of the ACE Study are educational and empowering. These discussions give voice to court participants and create a classroomlike atmosphere to describe the 10 childhood experiences identified as risk factors for chronic medical disease in adulthood and collateral social consequences, such as substance use, addiction and incarceration.”
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From The Pudding authored by Rosie Cima:
“Last week, after an Uber board member’s wisecrack and the interruption of Senator Kamala Harris during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, The New York Times asked women to share their own experiences. More than 1,000 responded, offering up vivid anecdotes of times they had been interrupted, penalized for speaking up, belittled or discriminated against in terms of salary, promotions or pregnancy.
Some women asked to have their names withheld, fearing career repercussions. Several comments have been condensed for space.”
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From The New York Times authored by :
“Last week, after an Uber board member’s wisecrack and the interruption of Senator Kamala Harris during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, The New York Times asked women to share their own experiences. More than 1,000 responded, offering up vivid anecdotes of times they had been interrupted, penalized for speaking up, belittled or discriminated against in terms of salary, promotions or pregnancy.
Some women asked to have their names withheld, fearing career repercussions. Several comments have been condensed for space.”
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From Thrive Global authored by Michael Geofron:
“Have you ever met someone who makes a great impression on an interview but you quickly find out is not the real deal?
“There’s a name for this type of person — shallow extrovert — and they do great in job interviews. Unfortunately, most traditional interviews are designed to bring out the best in such personalities. But they don’t tell you much about how your potential hire will perform as an employee.
A few years ago, I concluded that the traditional way of interviewing — asking formatted questions like “Where do you see yourself in five years?” — was useless. I’ve since shifted to having real conversations and can boast having an incredibly high success rate with this approach.”
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From The New York Times authored by Carl Richards:
“You’re fired.
No, seriously. Pack up your stuff, and get out.
But let me be clear: The job you’re fired from is one you never should have had in the first place — being a critic of your own work.
Done, finished, not your job anymore. When you finish creating something and you start to wonder if it’s any good … nope! Don’t try to answer. You no longer get to decide.
If you need me to fire you, awesome, consider it done. But in fact, what would be even better is if you fire yourself.
Let me tell you why.”
You like being a lawyer but…you don’t love your current job?
Yes? You’re curious whether there are better options within the profession…. THERE ARE.
You invested SO MUCH to get where you are today. Don’t stop short of reaching – actual satisfaction – (JOY even!) from a day’s work. It IS actually possible.
Let Heather help you – help yourself!
❤️, SCC
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From Attorney at Work authored by Mark C. Palmer:
“Take a moment and step back from the situation. Evaluate.
Attacks on our personal and professional abilities can hit close to home and elicit a dramatic, immediate response. It’s in our nature to defend ourselves and our work, even from the tritest comments. You may feel desperate to respond in haste to save face before your attacker and all those observing.
Don’t do it. Or at least don’t do it until you have properly evaluated the entire situation and drafted a well-crafted reply — if needed at all.”
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From The Lily authored by Margaret Sullivan:
“I’m still annoyed with my mother for the advice she gave me. And that’s really saying something, since her counsel came more than 30 years ago, and Mom is no longer around for me to (lovingly! ever so lovingly!) shake my fist at.
I was fresh out of school and starting my summer internship at our hometown newspaper, The Buffalo News. And my parents, having paid a lot of tuition bills, were understandably eager for me to do that very adult thing: Get a Real Job.
So as I prepared for my first day, while briefly sharing my childhood bedroom again with my stuffed animals, Mom offered me a two-word formula for success: ‘Ingratiate yourself.'”
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