AWA Members Forum

The TBA YLD Law School & Membership Committees are hosting state-wide on-campus mock interviews and need your help!.  Mock interviews will be held in Memphis on  Thursday, October 19, 2017 from 11a-4p at the Law School Career Services Building, Office 238. The interviews will be one-on-one with stud

According to this article in Fortune Magazine, gender diversity initiatives at large law firms don't seem to be making a difference. Despite "generous benefits packages aimed at retaining female lawyers," women on average account "for only 17% of equity partners and 25% of non-equity partners in t

Many thanks to Cindy Ettingoff, Beth Weems Bradley, and Matthew Jones for a very helpful and informative pre-clinic primer on March 29! Also, thank you Amy Mulroy for putting this all together! We hope to see everyone at the AWA-sponsored Saturday Legal Clinic on April 8!

The second annual Memphis Women's Summit, presented by the Junior League, is coming up on Thursday, March 30, 2017. 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. The schedule is packed with great speakers, including keynote speaker Susan Packard, Co-Founder of Scripps Networks Interactive & Former Chief Operating Officer, HGT

What topics would you all like to see in our CLEs this year? If we're able to make it happen, we will do our absolute best. If not, we will keep your great ideas in mind for future CLEs. Also, please feel free to share any thoughts you have on locations for our CLEs and time of day. Do you prefe

The Shelby County Board of Education (“SCBE”) invites the submission of Qualifications for the provision of Board Legal Counsel in accordance with the specifications enclosed herewith. The Shelby County Board of Education (the “School Board”) is soliciting proposals from qualified law firms or

Donald Trump has revoked the 2014 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces order , which President Obama put in place to ensure companies given federal contracts complied with labor and civil rights laws, including certain protections for female employees: wage transparency and a ban on forced arbitration clau

Yesterday, Vice President Pence tweeted this photo of a White House meeting about the American Health Care Act, the Republican bill meant to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act: On the agenda was whether that bill should repeal 10 "essential health benefits ," including pregnancy, materni

Thank you to all who came out to our first Open Forum Discussion lunch at Cafe Eclectic in midtown! Also, many thanks to Jodi Runger for organizing this event, and to Elizabeth Rudolph for moderating the great discussion. It was really interesting to hear everyone's tips for organization and product

Our forum can be accessed on your phone! Stay connected with us on the go. I'm told emojis also work in this forum. 💪💪😂😂 So there you go.