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Women and Leadership Conference
Friday, March 8, 2002
Stanford Law School and the
ABA Commission on Women in the Profession
Keynote Address: The Difference 'Difference' Makes
Deborah L. Rhode, Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, Stanford Law School, and Chair, ABA Commission on Women in the Profession
Plenary Session I: The Unfinished Agenda: Women and the Legal Profession
(Streaming Video)
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, The Graduate
Center, City University of New York, and Visiting Fellow, Stanford Law School
Gail Block Harris '77 (AB '74), Of Counsel, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, and
Chair, Stanford Law Fund
Roberta D. Liebenberg, Partner, Liebenberg & White (moderator)
Hon. Fern M. Smith '75 (AB '72), Judge, United States District Court for the
Northern District of California, and Director, Federal Judicial Center
Plenary Session II: "Would You Rather Sleep or Win?" The Struggle for Balanced Lives
(Streaming Video)
Mark D. Chandler '81, Vice President, Legal Services and General Counsel,
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Ann M. Courtney, Assistant Vice President and Litigation Counsel,
UnumProvident Corporation
Charles E. Koob '69, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (moderator)
Peter Langrock, Partner, Langrock, Sperry & Wool
Hon. Christina A. Snyder '72, Judge, United States District Court for the
Central District of California
Discussion Sessions:
Strategies for Improving Evaluation Structures and Leadership Opportunities
(Streaming Video)
Hon. Lee Smalley Edmon, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Amelia Rea Maguire, Partner-in-Charge of National Client Development and
Partnering, Holland & Knight LLP (moderator)
Joanne Martin, Fred H. Merrill Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford
Graduate School of Business, and Professor of Sociology, by courtesy,
Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences
Institutionalizing Mentoring Programs and Women's Networks
(Streaming Video)
Pamela A. Bresnahan, Partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP
Deborah Willard Coogan '71, Attorney at Law
Sara L. Peterson '87, Partner, McCutchen Doyle Brown & Enersen (moderator)
Angela F. Williams, Counsel, Bryan Cave LLP
Rainmakers Roundtable: The Art of Business Development
(Streaming Video)
Mary B. Cranston '75 (AB '70), Firm Chair, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, and
Chair, Stanford Law School Board of Visitors (moderator)
Stephen C. Neal '73, Chairman & CEO, Cooley Godward, LLP
Barbara Paul Robinson, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton
Strategies for Reform: Commitment, Flexibility and Accountability
(Streaming Video)
Julie Matlof Kennedy '91 (AB '87), Partner, Folger Levin & Kahn LLP
Debra E. Meyerson, (PhD '89), Visiting Professor of Organizational Behavior,
Center for Work, Technology, and Organizations, Stanford School of
Engineering (moderator)
Pamela J. Roberts, Partner, Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard
The Pro Bono Policy-Practice Gap
(Streaming Video)
Michael S. Greco, Partner, Hill & Barlow (moderator)
Cheryl D. Mills '90, Former Senior Vice President, Oxygen Media, and former
White House Deputy Counsel
Sheila Thomas, Director of Litigation, Equal Rights Advocates
Closing Session: Where Do We Go From Here?
(Streaming Video)
Mary B. Cranston '75 (AB '70), Firm Chair, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP,
and Chair, Stanford Law School Board of Visitors
Gail Block Harris '77 (AB '74), Of Counsel, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, and
Chair, Stanford Law Fund
Deborah L. Rhode, Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, Stanford Law
School, and Chair, ABA Commission on Women in the Profession
Barbara Paul Robinson, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton
Kathleen M. Sullivan, Dean and Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and
Stanley Morrison Professor of Law, Stanford Law School (moderator)
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