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Events

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About Us

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Raising the Bar Editors

 

WBA Kicks Off the Year with Stars of the Bar

By Kerri Castellini, Feeney & Kuwamura, P.A.

Stars of the Bar was once again a successful kick-off for WBA’s year. The event bustled with over 200 attorneys, judges, law students, and other members of the metropolitan legal community. The Hogan & Hartson building at Columbia Square was a beautiful setting for a night of networking and honoring community service leaders. Current and prospective members alike shared in the complimentary hors d'oeuvres and beverages while learning more about the upcoming WBA program year.

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Working Women and Delayed Child Bearing: Technological Advances Now Offer Women More Options

By Mindy Berkson, Founder, Lotus Blossom Consulting, LLC

No doubt, infertility is on the rise. One in five couples today will struggle with infertility—the biological inability to conceive or carry a pregnancy to full term. Many factors can contribute to this staggering and continually growing statistic. Most common are delayed child bearing, advanced maternal age, medical conditions, sexually transmitted diseases, obesity, and environmental factors. As women continue to work and delay having children, their needs with regard to infertility treatment have also continued to grow.

President's Column:
Answering a Call to Share

By Consuela Pinto, WBA President

The WBA and the American University Washington College of Law (WCL) came together on October 29, for an annual celebration of our shared history. The theme for the evening, Domestic Violence and Immigration, was a timely one—October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

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Support the WBA Foundation's Founders Fellowship

By Diana M. Savit, WBA Foundation President

The WBA Foundation established its Founders Fellowship in 2006, on the occasion of our 25th anniversary, in memory of the WBA's founders, Ellen Spencer Mussey and Emma Gillett. The first Founders Fellowship was awarded to a student at American University's Washington College of Law, in recognition of the WBA's close ties with that school, which was also founded by Ms. Mussey and Ms. Gillett.