WLAM: Women Lawyers Association of Michigan

Originally scheduled for September 25, the lunch discussion with State Representative Alma Wheeler Smith is now finalized for Friday, October 2nd from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.  at Vinology in downtown Ann Arbor. 

Vinology

110 S. Main Street, Ann Arbor  48104 

Limited seating so RSVP early to Suzanne Sukkar @ Sukkar@piercelawoffice.com

Lunch will be available for $12, including non-alcoholic beverage.

Representative Smith will discuss women & careers in politics and public service, including her own experience and advice for those desiring to get into or advance in politics or public service.

WLAM Washtenaw Region members Lori Buiteweg, Erane Washington, John Reiser and Elizabeth Jolliffe attended the State Bar of Michigan's Representative Assembly annual meeting on September 17 in Dearborn.  Buiteweg, who is also a State Bar Commissioner, Reiser, Washington and Jolliffe, along with Sheila Johnson and Mark Boonstra, are the 22nd Circuit's elected representatives.  Reiser received an award of special recognition from the Assembly's Executive Committee for his ongoing commitment and service to the Representative Assembly and the rule of law.  

The Representative Assembly is the policy making body of the State Bar of Michigan.   The Representative Assembly meets twice a year - - in September as part of the State Bar's three day Annual Conference and in April.   

Thanks to outgoing Publicity Chair, and multiple Pulitzer Prize nominee, Teresa Killeen, Michigan Lawyers Weekly's September 7, 2009 issue prominently featured a recap of the Washtenaw Region's "Hottest Sunday of the Year" Family Picnic. Young and old, including three generations from multiple WLAM families, agreed that Sunday August 9th wasn't a day for crayons or candy bars.  As reported by Teresa for the MLW article, "The food was good, the drinks were cold, and, like the typical risk-averse attorneys that we are, the potato salad was packed on ice!" 

We look forward to seeing everyone next year at the Gallop Park shelter, or a place to be determined later.  Bring your water balloons!  

Note: Michigan Lawyers Weekly dedicates one page each quarter to Women Lawyers Association of Michigan and all of its regions. Keep your cameras and notepads handy so that you, too, can contribute to our next quarterly submission to MLW.  Let's fill up that page!  Let's get our names and faces in lights, or at least in print!

The Washtenaw Region is hosting a Tailgate Party for all Regions before the Michigan v Indiana Football Game!

What:  Tailgate Party.  It's Homecoming, too!

Date:  Saturday, September 26, 2009.

Time:  9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., before the noon kickoff.  You can even come back and hang out after the game.

Where:  Elizabeth Jolliffe's home, within walking distance to the stadium.  Street parking available.  Address provided upon receipt of RSVP.

Why:  To relax and catch up with WLAM members and their families and friends from ALL regions.

For information and to RSVP by 9/24:  Elizabeth@YourBenchmarkCoach.com or 734-663-7905.

Bagels, coffee and cider will be provided.  Please feel free to bring something to share, including friends and family!  Stop by even if you don't go to Michigan football games.

Note:  some tickets are still available online at www.mgoblue.com/tickets

Go Blue!!

Whether you’re an active or lapsed member of WLAM, we’d like to see more of you in 2008-2009! Our goal is to build COMMUNITY and promote WELLNESS among women attorneys in Washtenaw County. If you haven't been to a WLAM activity in awhile, please mark your calendars and come to one of the events below!

 UPCOMING EVENTS

(1) "Women, Lawyers, and Leadership" presented by Suellyn Scarnecchia.

Our next meeting is at noon on November 19, 2008 at Vinology (Main Street between Huron and Washington). Our guest speaker is Suellyn Scarnecchia, Vice President and General Counsel of the University of Michigan. Many of you will remember Ms. Scarnecchia from her time at the University of Michigan Law School where (among other things) she directed the Child Advocacy Clinic. In 2002, she left UM to become Dean of the University of New Mexico Law School, and she has returned to Ann Arbor just this year. The title of her presentation is "Women, Lawyers, and Leadership."

If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Teresa Killeen (killeent@ewashtenaw.org). (Vinology needs to have a reasonably accurate head count.) Lunch will be available for purchase for $12.00.

(2) WLAM Holiday Party

WLAM Holiday Party will be on Wednsday, December 10, 2008. Please contact Teresa Killeen for details and RSVP at (killeent@ewashtenaw.org).