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No Glass Ceiling

On March 22, 2011, BASF's No Glass Ceiling Initiative and the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession will jointly sponsor an invitation-only symposium for California law firm managing partners and female general counsels from Fortune 500 companies. For more information about this event, please see the BASF Calendar.

The No Glass Ceiling Task Force was formed in 2001 to increase opportunities for women to serve in leadership positions within the legal profession in the San Francisco Bay Area. In July of 2005, survey results showed an impressive 63% of participating firms with at least 25% of women as partners. And 69% reported having reached the 25% for management positions, far ahead of the national average. The No Glass Ceiling initiative is being re-launched in 2010 with new goals and new projects aimed at the retention and promotion of women attorneys.

As part of the new initiative, the No Glass Ceiling Task Force is hosting a conference series in 2010 titled “Pathways to Power.” The goal of this conference series is to support law firms and corporate law departments in increasing the pipeline of women attorneys ready for key leadership positions. The first conference, “Crossing the Finish Line,” was held in March 2010 and was directed at senior associates (class of 2001 & up) and junior partners (admitted to partnership since 2005) as well as in-house corporate counsel.

The second conference “Starting Out Strong” was held in June 2010 and was directed at first through fourth year law firm associates. The “Starting Out Strong” conference featured several prominent speakers, including Michele Landis Dauber, Professor of Law at Stanford University and Jessie Kornberg, Executive Director of Ms. JD.

The third conference was held in November 2010. This conference titled “Staying on Track” was geared towards mid-level law firm associates and in-house counsel and featured prominent women law firm partners and in-house attorneys.

If your law firm or corporate legal department is interested in signing on to the No Glass Ceiling 2010 Breaking the Barriers Initiative, please download the appropriate form and return it to Yolanda Jackson at BASF.

• Law Firm Commitment Form (544KBPDF)
• Corporate Legal Department Commitment Form (512KBPDF)

For more information, please contact BASF's Yolanda Jackson at yjackson@sfbar.org or Erin MacLeod, Vice Chair and Project Coordinator at erinjmacleod@yahoo.com.