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Committee Chairs
To Join a Committee, click on chair's name to send them an email expressing your interest.
Annual Dinner
Plans and produces the Annual Dinner, a gala event celebrating the achievements of Lawyers Club and its members and honoring individuals and organizations that have made major contributions to Lawyers Club and the community.
Why join this committee?
· Be part of planning a gala event with a large budget!
· Develop relationships within Lawyers Club
· Learn fundraising techniques
· Interact with law firms and the business community on behalf of Lawyers Club
· Contact fascinating potential speakers
Awards
Balance Committee
The Lawyers Club of San Diego's Balance Committee will identify, develop, and promote policies and practices to facilitate work/life balance and encourage the hiring, retention and advancement of women in the legal profession.
California Women Lawyers Liasion
Lawyers Club is a voting "affiliate" of CWL. To be a voting affiliate, 20% of its members must belong to CWL. As an affiliate, we have a right to have one of our members to be on CWL's Board. We must qualify (in membership and dues) to be a voting affiliate every year. The CWL Board has over 30 members from all over the state, including regional and affiliate governors. It lobbies in Sacramento for and against legislation, which is one of its main functions. The CWL Legislative Committee is very active, and the Governor has appointed a special liaison to get input from CWL before he takes a position on legislation. CWL Board members must join at least one committee, take part in attracting members to CWL, in fundraising efforts, in Board meetings all over the state, in helping with bench/bar receptions and other receptions, in submitting newsletter articles, in evaluations of judicial candidates, and in any other assignments from the Board. To learn more information about CWL, please contact the chair listed below or directly at the CWL website.
Champagne & Chocolate
Community Outreach and Special Projects
The Community Outreach Committee (COC) is active in striving to improve the lives and status of women and children in San Diego through hands-on projects. It has both ongoing and special projects to provide a long lasting impact on the lives of local women and children. For example, it oversees the Partnership in Education with Central Elementary School including twice a year Read-Ins where volunteers are recruited to read, interact, promote literacy and serve as role models to the underprivileged K-4 children. The COC recently worked on a special project profiling 50 women in history for the Girls Club of San Diego.
Other past special projects have included: building an outdoor play-therapy area for child victims of domestic violence so that their mothers could receive services such as counseling and legal help; creating an inspirational outdoor Literacy Garden for the children at Central so that they have a place to read, tutor and do homework in an artistic setting; and creating a library and improving living conditions for pregnant teens at Sisters by Choice which was a safe haven for young women fleeing and recovering from gangs, drugs and prostitution. Many of the COC projects have received media attention, both locally and nationally.
Click here to go to the Community Outreach Committee information and volunteer opportunities page.
Directory
Diverse Women's Task Force
The Diverse Women's Task Force will undertake to identify, work to resolve and raise awareness regarding the particular challenges which women of color, as double minorities, continue to face in the legal profession, particularly in San Diego.
Endorsements & Nominations
The Endorsements & Nominations Committee reviews application for the endorsement for elections to the San Diego County Bar Association Board of Governors and elections or appointments to the State Bar Association. After reviewing and interviewing applicants, the Endorsements Committee makes recommendations to the Board of Directors for endorsement of candidates. The Endorsements & Committee also, from time to time, reviews and makes recommendations for endorsement by the Board of Directors and applicants for other positions related to the legal community.
Equality Committee
The Equality Committee meets regularly to address various issues related to bias in the legal community, especially gender bias. Annually, the Task Force conducts a survey of the public and private sectors of the legal community regarding the status of women in the legal profession in San Diego. The Task Force also has a watchdog function, responding to specific situations and problems as they arise and as requested to by the Board of Directors. For example, the Committee has responded to situations of gender bias or inappropriate comments made in open court and by an attorney interviewed in a local newspaper. The activities of the Committee vary, depending upon the particular issues that arise during the year. Download the most recent Equality Survey here.
· Promotes equality in the law and in society
· Combats bias and discrimination
· Surveys public/private sectors
Events
Plans and produces events such as the Wine & Cheese and New Member Receptions. These events are designed to enable members to socialize and network; to encourage active participation in Lawyers Club; to recruit and welcome new members; and to promote Lawyers Club to a broader range of the legal community.
Golf Tournament
· Hosts annual tournament in Spring
· Benefits Lawyers Club and its Fund for Justice
· Provides networking opportunity for participants and is open to golfers and non-golfers
· Solicits sponsorships and donations
· Promotes/markets tournament
Why join this committee?
· Utilize/develop marketing /networking skills
· Play golf and/or Drink beer!
· Participate in hosting successful event
· Bonding with other Lawyers Club members
· Contribute to financial success of Lawyers Club
· Develop relations with vendors, law firms
History and Archives
· Collects and preserves history of Lawyers Club
· Strives to collect and preserve history of women practiced law in San Diego County since the 1880's
· Provides a resource for active Lawyers Club committees and Lawyers Club events
Job Bank
The Job Bank provides employment opportunity information to our members via our website. The Job Bank maintains information about all current openings and monitors the employment opportunity site on our web site to ensure that postings are current.
Lawyers Club Fund For Justice
The Fund makes charitable gifts in the name of the Lawyers Club of San Diego and its members to address, through education, research, funding and programming, social issues and specific problems in San Diego County, which relate to gender issues.
Lawyers Without Courtrooms
Formerly known as Lawyers Who Mean Business. Lawyers Without Courtrooms is a new Committee of Lawyers Club that was established to address the unique needs and concerns of transactional and non-litigation attorneys who are Lawyers Club members. This group, which plans to meet for quarterly events and programs, is designed to help transactional attorneys get acquainted, share ideas and build their practices. Its members will explore ways to develop the skills and techniques that are needed for an effective and dynamic law practice outside the courtroom setting.
Leadership Development
The Leadership Development Committee works to place Lawyers Club members on boards and commissions to develop their leadership skills and to cultivate future civic leaders. The Committee publishes regular articles in the Lawyers Club newsletter highlighting open positions on local boards and commissions. The Committee also sponsors annual events that bring together members of government and non-profit boards to share information about how to get involved and get appointed to local boards.
Legislation
The Legislation Committee advises the Board on legislative issues at the federal, state, and local level which impact the Lawyers Club mission. Recent issues addressed by the committee include pay discrimination and health care. The Committee also reviews proposals pending before the Bar's Conference of Delegatesand recommends positions deemed supportive of the Lawyers Club mission.
Membership Development
The Membership Development Committee works to build Lawyers Club membership by recruiting new members and encouraging existing members to become more involved in the organization. The committee engages in strategic planning, marketing and promotion to expand and maintain LC membership. Activities include developing and planning recruitment events, identifying and developing sources of potential members, and representing Lawyers Club at legal and business community functions.
Mentorship Program
Some law students have a clear idea of the area of law that they are ultimately interested in, while most are hoping to learn about the practice of law through this introduction to the San Diego legal community. Lawyers Club mentors are pleased to meet a student or recent graduate and share some of their experiences. The program is only as demanding as each pair of mentors and mentees choose to make it, but has consisted of a first-time meeting for lunch or coffee followed by occasional meetings and primarily correspondence by phone or email. It is valuable for the mentee to have someone to whom they can direct questions about classes, job search, etc. New pairings will be made October and February for the current academic year.
Newsletter Committee
Lawyers Club publishes an excellent newsletter each month (except August). Lawyers Club News is loaded with articles about past and future events, and other useful information for members. It is mailed the first week of each month to all current members and is posted on our website. The Newsletter Committee (the Editorial Board of Lawyers Club News) consists of the Editor, the Executive Director, and LC members who meet quarterly to define the "vision" and philosophy of the newsletter and to plan future issues. They solicit, write and edit articles, coordinate the production and mailing of the newsletter, and identify new topics for coverage in future issues. The deadline for articles and advertisements in each issue is the first of the previous month (i.e., September 1 for the October issue). Articles should be emailed as Word attachments to news@lawyersclubsandiego.com. Proposals for articles should also be presented to the editor, who may be reached at this same address.
Photography
The Lawyers Club Photography Committee is for people interested in photography who want to share the interest and use it to help Lawyers Club. The Committee's primary task is to photograph Lawyers Club events for the newsletter.
Why join this committee?
· Opportunity to interact with all other Lawyers Club committees
· Attend Lawyers Club activities
· Gain photography experience
· Network with members and business owners
· Meet all speakers
Programs
The Programs Committee is principally responsible for securing speakers for the monthly Lawyers Club luncheons. The Committee meets once a month in order to identify potential speakers and to report on efforts to contact potential speakers. The person who lines up the speaker typically writes an article for the Lawyers Club newsletter. The Programs Committee is always looking for new blood so as to assure a continuing supply of speakers from diverse backgrounds to address matters of interest or concern to our membership.
Public Relations
Reproductive Choice
· Promotes Lawyers Club's commitment to freedom of reproductive choice through monitoring legislative and other developments
· Organizes support/opposition on issues such as sex education, harassment and litigation.
· Liaison to Coalition for Reproductive Choice
· Opportunity for political activism on issues of reproductive choice
· Function as "watchdog" on issues
· Link to related organizations
Student
· Provides networking opportunities for law students and new admittees (jobs, internships, clerking)
· Coordinates Mentor/Mentee program
· Fosters relationships among students, lawyers and judges
· Provides bridge into the San Diego legal community
· Opportunity for Lawyers Club members to share experience(s) in life and the profession
· Opportunity to guide student members through law school, the bar exam, job search (es), and transition into practice
Women's Resource Fair
Lawyers Club is one of several sponsors of the annual Women's Resource Fair, an event which organizes lawyers, doctors, social service workers, shelter and housing consultants, battered women's agencies and other services and professionals at a one-day event. The fair is intended to provide various resources in a single location to assist homeless and battered women in getting their lives back on track. Annually, the fair provides assistance to 300-500 women and approximately 200 children. On the day of the fair, the women and children attending are able to access important public and private services in a safe and confidential setting. The Women's Resource Fair normally occurs in the Spring. There are a number of sub-committees which participate in the coordination, children's activities, food, medical services, educational services and workshops. Volunteer opportunities are available in each of these areas.
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