Resources
Career Opportunities
- Governor Appointments for Boards & Commissions
- Instructions for Completing Judicial Appointment Applications
- Speaker Appointments for Boards & Commissions
Community
- ABA Commission on Women
- ABA Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender
- California LGBTQ Bar Associations
- California Women’s Bar Associations
- Corporate Counsel Women of Color
- MothersEsquire
- Military Spouse JD Network
- Ms JD
- National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms
- National Association of Women Lawyers
- National Association of Women Judges (also open to lawyer membership)
For Mothers
- California Courts Lactation Room Guide
*Please note: not all courthouses allow lawyers to use the lactation room(s). Call the court you’re appearing in to make sure you can use it or to make other accommodations.
The following courthouses individually reported that they had no lactation rooms and/or would not make accommodations if asked by a lawyer appearing at that court: Alpine County Superior Court, Contra Costa County Spinetta Family Law Center, Kern County Delano Superior Court, Kern County Metro Justice Building, Kern County Shafter Superior Court, Madera County Superior Court.
General Resources
Playlist
(Amazon Music) Empowered Woman Playlist
Recommended Podcasts
- Athena in the Well – Joy Bertrand
- New Solo– Adriana Linares
- Wealthy Woman Lawyer– Davina Frederick
Recommended Reading
- 50 Lessons for Women Lawyers from Women Lawyers -Nora Riva Bergman
- Confidence Lost/Confidence Found: How to Reclaim the Unstoppable You – Kate McGuinness
- How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job – Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith
- In Her Purpose – Rosa Buado & Jennifer Redondo-Marquez
- Opening and Managing a Law Office: Go Solo, Win Clients, and Be Your Own Boss – California Lawyers Association Solo & Small Firm Section
- Trial by Woman– Courtney Rowley, Theresa Bowen Hatch
- What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know – Joan C. Williams, Rachel Dempsey
Studies/Reports
- Understanding the pandemic’s impact on working women (Deloitte)
- In Their Own Words: Experienced Women Lawyers Explain Why They Are Leaving Their Law Firms and the Profession (ABA Commission on Women in the Profession)
- Men in the Mix: How to Engage Men on Issues Related to Gender in the Legal Profession (ABA Commission on Women in the Profession)
- 2020 Report on Diversity in U.S. Law Firms (National Association for Law Placement, Inc.)
- A Current Glance at Women in the Law (American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession)
- A National Study: Still Broken. Sexual Harassment and Misconduct in the Legal Profession (Women Lawyers on Guard)
- Gender Survey 2020 (New York State Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts)
- Law School Survey of Student Engagement Annual Results
- Left Out and Left Behind: The Hurdles, Hassles and Heartaches of Achieving Long-Term Careers for Women of Color (American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession)
- National Association for Law Placement Report on Diversity
- National Association of Women Lawyers Survey Report
- Report on Status of Women and Girls in California (Mount Saint Mary’s University)
- State of the American Workplace (Gallup)
- The State Bar of California Reports
- This Talk Isn’t Cheap: Women of Color and White Women Attorneys Find Common Ground (American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession)
- Transforming Women’s Leadership in the Law: Global Report 2020 (Thomson Reuters Institute, Acritas)
- Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms (American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession)
- Walking Out the Door: The Facts, Figures, and Future of Women Lawyers in Private Practice (American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession)
- You Can’t Change What You Can’t See (American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession and Minority Corporate Counsel Association)
