THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 |
Kickoff Events |
5:30–6:45 p.m. | Finding Our Voices: How to Write Your Book (and How We Wrote Ours)
Co-Host: The HLS Law & the Arts Initiative
Welcome: Amy Gutman '93, Celebration 55, Program Chair; Harvard Law School, Special Assistant to the Dean for Communications and Director of Alumni Communications and Special Projects
Moderator: Theresa Park '92, The Park Literary Group, Owner
Panelists:
Julie Buxbaum '02, The Opposite of Love (Dial 2007)
Viola Canales '89, The Tequila Worm (Random/Wendy Lamb Books 2005)
Nancy Geary '90, Being Mrs. Alcott (Warner Books 2005) and others
Rebecca Haile '91, Held at a Distance: A Rediscovery of Ethiopia (Academy Chicago Publishers 2007)
Tama J. Kieves '85, This Time I Dance: How One Harvard Lawyer Left It All to Have It All (Tarcher Penguin 2003) and owner of Awakening Artistry
Helen Elaine Lee '85, Water Marked (Scribner 2001) and others; Associate Professor MIT Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies
Christina Meldrum '94, Madapple (Knopf 2008)
Lauren Willig '06, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Dutton 2005) and others |
6:45–8 p.m. | Cocktails, Buffet Supper, Kickoff Festivities
Greetings:
Andrea C. Kramer '90, Sullivan Weinstein & McQuay, Partner; HLS Massachusetts Alumnae Network
Kate Reilly '09, Harvard Law School, Student; Harvard Women's Law Association, President |
8:30 p.m. | Open Mike: HLS Women on Law and Life in the 21st Century
Moderator: Anne C. Weisberg '85, HLSA Alumnae Committee, Founder & Former Chair; Deloitte U.S. Firms, Director, Talent |
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2008 |
Starting the Conversation |
10 a.m. | Welcome
Greetings: Amy Gutman '93, Harvard Law School, Special Assistant to the Dean for Communications and Director of Alumni Communications and Special Projects; Celebration 55, Program Chair; Lori Lesser '93, Simpson Thacher, Partner; Celebration 55, Sponsorship Chair; Shelley C. Chapman '81, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Partner; Celebration 55, Outreach Chair
Welcome Remarks: Elena Kagan '86 Harvard Law School, Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of Law, Dean of the Faculty of Law |
10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. | Plenary Session: Faces of Female Leadership: Taking Stock of Where We Are—and Where We're Going
Moderator: Lena G. Goldberg '78, Harvard Business School, Senior Lecturer; previously Fidelity Investments, Executive Vice President - Strategic Corporate Initiatives
Panelists:
Hon. Deborah A. Batts '72, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Mona Harrington '60, MIT Workplace Center, Director; author of Women Lawyers: Rewriting the Rules (Plume/Penguin 1995)
Susan C. Levy '82, Jenner & Block, Managing Partner
Margaret E. Montoya '78, University of New Mexico School of Law, Professor of Law
Jennifer J. Raab '85, Hunter College, President
Kate Reilly '09, Harvard Law School, Student; Harvard Women's Law Association, President |
12:15–
1:45 p.m. | Opening Luncheon Featuring a Conversation with Dean Elena Kagan '86
MC: Laura Hodges Taylor '82, Goodwin Procter, Partner
This Luncheon is made possible through the generosity of Goodwin Procter LLP |
2–3:15 p.m. | Plenary Session: Defining Leadership: Personal Visions for Law and Life
Moderator: Kim Robinson '93, Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, Coordinator of Organisational and Leadership Development
Panelists:
Charlotte P. Armstrong '53, The Ross Companies, Senior Consultant; Harvard Law School Association, Former President (1994-96)
Brenda Feigen '69, Kenoff & Machtinger, Of Counsel; Co-Founder of Ms. magazine and author of Not One of the Boys: Living Life as a Feminist (Knopf 2000)
Erica Ariel Fox '95, Global Negotiation Insight Institute, Founder; Mobius Executive Leadership, Partner; Lecturer at Harvard Law School
Juliette Kayyem '95, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Undersecretary of Homeland Security
Zia Mody LL.M. '79, AZB & Partners, Senior Partner |
3:30–
4:45 p.m. | Concurrent Panels Cross-Cultural Conversations: Women Leaders around the World
Moderator: Ana Maria Salazar '89, TV show ("Seguridad Total") and radio host; author and journalist; Grupo Salazar, independent international consultant
Panelists:
Peggy Kuo '88, New York Stock Exchange, Chief Hearing Officer; former prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Lenora M. Lapidus '90, American Civil Liberties Union, Women's Rights Project, Director
Anne-Marijke Morgan de Rivery LL.M. '80, GE Capital Solutions, Legal Director
Kim Robinson '93, Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, Coordinator of Organisational and Leadership Development Running for Office: Getting Your Candidate—Or Yourself—Elected
Moderator: Lucia Fakonas Howard '75, Fakonas Howard Ltd., President; Arizona List, Board of Directors
Panelists:
Elizabeth Holtzman '65, Herrick, Feinstein, Counsel; previously served as U.S. Congresswoman, District Attorney of Kings County (Brooklyn), Comptroller of New York City
Rhonda Adams Medina '93, Nickelodeon/MTV Networks Kids & Family Group, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel; Democratic National Committee, member of the DNC's National Women's Finance Leadership Committee and of the DNC's Platform Committee
Ellen L. Weintraub '84, Federal Election Commission, Vice Chair Managing Your Career: The Art of Transition
Moderator: Scott A. Westfahl '88, Goodwin Procter, Director of Professional Development
Panelists:
Julie Anna Alvarez '88, Fordham University School of Law, Career Planning Center, Director
Ellen Ostrow, Ph.D., Lawyers Life Coach LLC
Irene Reed '98, Northwestern University School of Law, Center for Career Strategy and Advancement, Associate Director
Carolyn Stafford Stein '85, Harvard Law School, Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising (OPIA), Attorney Advisor Models of Motherhood: Two-Career Couples, Single Moms, Adoption, and Other Choices
Moderator: Jennifer S. Taub '93, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Isenberg School of Management, Lecturer & Coordinator of Business Law Program
Panelists:
Katherine Ashton '85, Debevoise & Plimpton, Partner
Elizabeth Bartholet '65, Harvard Law School, Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Child Advocacy Program
Maia H. Harris '00, Nixon Peabody, Associate
Elaine Johnson James '82, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, Partner
S. Elaine McChesney '78, Bingham McCutchen, Partner
Lynn Savarese '81, aspiring writer and volunteer for educational and human rights organizations including the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children |
5–6:30 p.m. | "Speed Networking" Reception
MC: Lori E. Lesser '93, Simpson Thacher, Partner |
7 p.m. | Celebration Dinner and Presentation of Celebration 55 Award
Keynote Speaker: Samantha Power '99, Harvard Kennedy School, Anna Lindh Professor of Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy; Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide (Basic Books 2002)
Celebration 55 Award Recipient: Rita E. Hauser '58, Hauser Foundation, President
Greetings: Lori E. Lesser '93, Simpson Thacher, Partner
Presenting the Celebration 55 Award: Dean Elena Kagan '86
This Dinner is made possible through the generosity of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP |
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2008 |
Leadership in Context |
8-9:15 a.m. | Continental Breakfast with Special Interest / Affinity Group Tables |
9:30–
10:45 a.m. | Concurrent Panels The Large Law Firm: Leadership Challenges and Opportunities
Moderator: Brande Stellings '93, Catalyst, Senior Director, Advisory Services
Panelists:
Rima J. Alaily '98, Heller Ehrman, Partner
Preeta D. Bansal '89, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Partner
Deborah L. Feinstein '87, Arnold & Porter, Partner
Ann Bailen Fisher '76, Sullivan & Cromwell, Partner
Elizabeth L. Grayer '89, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Partner
Laura C. Hodges Taylor '82, Goodwin Procter, Partner
Lori E. Lesser '93, Simpson Thacher, Partner Leadership in the Corporate World: Pathways to Success
Moderator: Deirdre Stanley '89, Thomson Reuters, Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Panelists:
Diana Daniels '74, Washington Post Co., Former Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel (1988-2007)
Laura S. Franco '87, CBS Corporation, Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel
Elaine Mandelbaum '83, Citigroup Markets & Banking, Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel
Kim Rucker '93, Avon Products, Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Nicole Seligman '83, Sony Corporation, Executive Vice President & General Counsel Alternative Visions of Leadership and Success: Nontraditional Career Paths
Moderator: Monica Parker '99, Leaving The Law.com, Founder & Owner
Panelists:
Maryanne Hancock '01, McKinsey & Company, Principal
Sheila Heen '93, Triad Consulting Group, Partner; Harvard Law School, Lecturer on Law; Co-author of Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most (Penguin 2000)
Katina Leodas '88, Leodas Search Group, Principal
Rosemary Cox Masters '64, Psychotherapist
Theresa Park '92, The Park Literary Group, Owner
Stacy Stern '93, Justia, President; Co-Founder & Former President of Findlaw The Entrepreneurial Leader: Launching Your Own Law Firm
Moderator: Sheela Murthy LL.M. '87, Murthy Law Firm, Founder, President & Managing Attorney
Panelists:
Maria J. Krokidas '73, Krokidas & Bluestein, Co- Founder & Principal
Sandra (Raye) Mitchell '94, The Mitchell Law Group, Founder & Principal
Hillary Richard '88, Brune & Richard, Co-Founder & Principal
Marcia S. Wagner '87, Wagner Law Group, Founder & Principal Leadership from the Bench: The Judicial Experience
Moderator: Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong '82, U.S. Bankrupty Court, Eastern District of New York
Panelists:
Hon. Judith A. Cowin '70, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Associate Justice
Hon. Maria Cristina Mattioli LL.M. '94, Federal Labor Judge, Federal Labor Court of the 15th Circuit, Campinas, Brazil
Hon. Marla Miller '80, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
Hon. Sondra M. Miller '53, McCarthy Fingar, Chief Counsel; Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, Second Department, Judge (retired); previously served as New York State Supreme Court Judge in the Ninth Judicial District and Westchester County Family Court Judge
Hon. Reena Raggi '76, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, Brooklyn, NY
Hon. Jane R. Roth '65, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Wilmington, DE
Hon. Patti B. Saris '76, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, Boston
Hon. Wilhelmina M. Wright '89, Minnesota Court of Appeals |
11 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | A Public Conversation between Dean Elena Kagan '86 and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg '56-'58 |
12:15–
1:45 p.m. | Celebration Luncheon: The Women of HLS—New Initiatives
Presenter: David B. Wilkins '80, Harvard Law School, Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law and Faculty Director, of the Program on the Legal Profession
MC: Ellen J. Odoner ’77, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Partner
This Luncheon is made possible through the generosity of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP |
2–3:15 p.m. | Concurrent Panels Feeding the Pipeline: Law Firm Strategies for Training and Retaining Women
Moderator: Hon. Fernande R. V. Duffly '78, Massachusetts Appeals Court; National Association of Women Judges, President (2007-present)
Panelists:
Lindsay Blohm '06 and Ashley R. Riveira '06, authors of Presumed Equal: What America's Top Women Lawyers Really Think about Their Firms (AuthorHouse 2006)
Carolyn C. Clark '68, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Consulting Partner
Claudia L. Hammerman '91, Paul Weiss, Partner
Deborah K. Holmes '88, Ernst & Young, Americas Director, Corporate Responsibility
Vernā Myers '85, Vernā Myers Consulting Group, Principal
Jennifer H. Weddle '00, Holland & Hart, Associate Crossing Boundaries: Leadership in International Law and Business
Moderator: Jennifer M. Daniels '88, Barnes & Noble, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Panelists:
Judith F. Aidoo '87, Caswell Communications, Owner & Chief Executive Officer
Karen E. Glover '75, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, Global Integreation Partner
Eleanor Pelta '86, Morgan Lewis, Partner
Sarah Eaton Stuart '91, Reebok, Senior Counsel
Alice Young '74, Kaye Scholer, Partner and Chair of Asia Pacific Group Making a Difference While Making a Living: Public Service Leadership
Moderator: Jodi Grant '93, Afterschool Alliance, Executive Director
Panelists:Denise J. Casper '94, Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Deputy District Attorney
Piper Hoffman '99, Outten & Golden, Partner
Wendy Jacobs '81, Harvard Law School, Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, Director
Jamienne S. Studley '75, Public Advocates, President
Julie Su '94, Asian Pacific American Law Center, Litigation Director (invited) Leading as a Volunteer: Leveraging Your Legal Background
Moderator: Susan Lytle Lipton LL.M. '71, Harvard Law School Fund, Chair (2003-05)
Panelists:
Jenny Brody '81, D.C. Volunteer Lawyers Project, Founder & Executive Director; solo practitioner
Elena M. Paul '88, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Executive Director
Maria A. Skirnick '69, Meredith Cohen Greenfogel & Skirnick, Partner; Sponsorship Chair for A Celebration of Public Interest at HLS
Silda Wall Spitzer '84, Children for Children, Founding Chair; ServiceNation, Leadership Council Leadership in Legal Education
Moderator: Jeannie Suk '02, Harvard Law School, Assistant Professor of Law
Panelists:
Anita L. Allen-Castellitto '84, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy
Sarah M. Buel '87, University of Texas School of Law, Clinical Professor of Law
Adam Neufeld '04, McKinsey & Co., Associate; lead author of "Study of Women's Experiences at Harvard Law School" (Working Group on Student Experiences, February 2004)
Carol Steiker '86, Harvard Law School, Howard J. and Katherine W. Aibel Professor of Law; Special Advisor for Public Service
Kathleen M. Sullivan '81, Stanford Law School, Stanley Morrison Professor of Law and Former Dean Paths to Leadership in the World of Arts and Entertainment
Moderator: Lesley Rosenthal '89, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Panelists:
Brenda Feigen '69, Kenoff & Machtinger, Of Counsel; previously film producer (Navy Seals, Orion 1990), agent and business affairs attorney with William Morris Agency
Crystal Nix Hines '90, Television Writer and Producer, "The Practice," "Alias," "Commander-in- Chief" (invited)
Lisa Jones Johnson '82, Media International, Partner; formerly CEO of Comedy Express Television
Karen J. Levinson '82, John Silberman Associates, Of Counsel
Debra Martin Chase '81, Martin Chase Productions, CEO and President ("The Princess Diaries," "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," and "The Cheetah Girls" movie franchises")
Zola Mashariki '97, Senior Vice President of Production, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Debra Osofsky '89, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), National Director, News and Broadcast |
Foundations of Leadership: Skills and Strategies |
3:30–
4:45 p.m. | Concurrent Panels Making Rain: Taking the Lead in Bringing in Business
Moderator: Sara Holtz '75, ClientFocus, Founder
Panelists:
Peggy Steif Abram '86, Faegre & Benson, Partner
Dale Cendali '84, O'Melveny & Myers, Partner; Chair of the New York Intellectual Property and Technology Practice; firmwide Chair of the Copyright, Trademark, and Internet Subpractice.
Cari K. Dawson '93, Alston & Bird, Partner and Chair of the Class Action Practice Team for the Litigation and Trial Practice Group
Karen F. Green '81, WilmerHale, Partner; Chair, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Group; former Litigation Department Chair On Ramping: Back to Work on Your Own Terms
Moderator: Kate Neville '92, Neville Career Consulting, Founder & Principal
Panelists:
Shelley C. Chapman '81, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Partner
Carol Fishman Cohen HBS '85, iRelaunch, Co-Founder; co-author of Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work (Warner Books 2007)
Marguerite A. Fletcher '90, Solo Practitioner and Diversity Consultant
Janine Hill '74, Council on Foreign Relations, Deputy Director of Studies Administration
Ellen Ostrow, Ph.D., Lawyers Life Coach LLC
Alice Turinas '87, The Law Office of Robert M. Mark, Of Counsel; HLSA Alumnae Committee, Co-Chair Leadership Strategies for the Corporate Board
Moderator: Gail Merel '77, Andrews Kurth, Partner
Panelists: Rhea Kemble Dignam '72, Ernst & Young, Principal
Patricia A. King '69, Georgetown University Law Center, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Medicine, Ethics & Public Policy; Harvard Corporation, Fellow
Ellen J. Odoner '77, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Partner
Hillary Sale '93, F. Arnold Daum Chair in Corporate Finance and Law, University of Iowa College of Law
Laura Stein '87, The Clorox Company, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Elisse B. Walter '74, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commissioner In a Different Voice: Strategies for Powerful Self-Presentation
Moderator: Sally Rosenberg '86, Oratorio, Presentation Skills and Leadership Coach
Panelists:
Susan Cain '93, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Crown/Random House 2009); The Negotiation Company (consulting firm), Owner
Hon. Lucy Koh '93, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara
Catherine O'Neil '90, King & Spalding, Partner |
6–7 p.m. | Celebration Reception for All Participants and Students |
7 p.m. | A Celebration Dinner
Keynote Speaker: Jamie Gorelick '75, WilmerHale, Partner; formerly U.S. Deputy Attorney General, Vice Chair of Fannie Mae, member of the bipartisan "9/11 Commission"
MC: Shelley C. Chapman ’81, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Partner After-Dinner Drinks and Conversation |
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2008 |
Composing a Life in the Law—and Beyond |
9–10:15 a.m. | Concurrent Panels Leading Change: How to Be a Change Agent in Your Organization
Moderator: Anne C. Weisberg '85, Deloitte U.S. Firms, Director, Talent; co- author of Mass Career Customization (HBS Press 2007)
Panelists:
Shelley C. Chapman '81, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Partner
Debora de Hoyos '78, Mayer Brown, Partner & former Managing Partner (1991-2007)
Ashish Nanda Ph.D. (HBS), Harvard Law School, Professor of Practice; HLS Program on the Legal Profession, Research Director; Faculty Director of HLS Executive Education Programhis
Andrea L. Zopp '81, Exelon Corporation, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer The New Girls Club: Forging Friendships, Forging Careers
Moderator: Marissa C. Wesely '79(80), Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Partner; Kate Stoneman Project (network of women partners at ten leading NYC law firms), Co-Founder
Panelists:
Elizabeth A. Brown '96, Fish & Richardson, Principal; Past President of the Harvard Law School Association of Northern California, founder of the HLSA Northern California Women's Network, current member of HLS Massachusetts Alumnae Network Steering Committee
Rebecca Eisenberg '93, AdBrite, Inc., Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary; Loco Parentis (network of working mother-attorneys), Founder & President
Suzanne M. Nora Johnson '82, The Goldman Sachs Group, Former Vice Chairman, Senior Director; early member of 85 Broads (global professional women's network launched by Goldman women)
Patricia López Aufranc LL.M. '85, Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal, Partner; FAME (Argentine Forum of Executive Women), Co-Founder
Valerie A Yarashus '90, Yarashus, Wagner, Cook, Freiberger & Washienko, Founder & Principal; Massachusettts Bar Association, President-Elect Developing Your Signature Strengths as a Leader: A Positive Psychology Workshop (PDF)
Facilitator: Ellen Ostrow, Ph.D., Lawyers Life Coach LLC |
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Town Meeting: Where Do We Go from Here? (Our Vision(s) for the Future)
Moderator: Sharon E. Jones '82, Harvard Law School Association, First Vice President; Chicago Urban League, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Panelists:
Stefanie A. Balandis '93, Greater Boston Legal Services, Housing Unit, Senior Attorney
Hon. Jane Lakes Harman '69, United States Congress, Representative (D-CA)
Judith Richards Hope '64, Georgetown University Law Center, Distinguished Visitor from Practice; author of Pinstripes and Pearls: The Women of the Harvard Law School Class of '64 Who Forged an Old-Girl Network and Paved the Way for Future Generations (Scribner 2003)
Ruth A. Marcus '84, Washington Post, editorial writer and columnist
Ramona E. Romero '88, DuPont Legal, Corporate Counsel, Logistics and Energy; Hispanic National Bar Association; President
Linda Chatman Thomsen '79, Securities and Exchange Commission, Director of the Division of Enforcement
Sandra S. Yamate '84, American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, Director |
12:15–
1:45 p.m. | Farewell Luncheon and Harvard Law School Association Award Presentation
Keynote Speaker: Stephanie K. Bell-Rose '84, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Managing Director and President of the Goldman Sachs Foundation
HLSA Award Recipient: Hon. Jane Lakes Harman '69, United States Congress, Representative (D-CA)
Presenting the HLSA Award: Harold P. Hope III '99, Goldman Sachs & Co., Managing Director-Private Equity Group; Harvard Law School Association, President
Closing Remarks: Dean Elena Kagan '86 |
