Spring 2024 Conference
In the 2023-2024 academic year, WLA transitioned away from fall and spring conferences to hosting an annual Women’s History Month Speaker Series every March. The Speaker Series features a keynote speaker and several other speakers, all of whom are women attorneys who are leaders in their field.
In the 2024-2025 academic year, the Women’s History Month Speaker Series theme will focus on trailblazers–women who are making a difference in their communities.
WLA Fall Conference 2019
Gender, Health, and Justice
Keynote Address: Reflecting on Health & Social Justice with Dr. Gloria Wilder
Oct. 23, 12-1pm, Milstein West A
Whose Life Counts: Examining Maternal Health Inequities in America
Oct. 23, 5-6pm, Milstein West A
Reception
Oct. 23, 6-7pm, Milstein West B
We Dare Defend Our Rights: A Discussion of the Recent Anti-Abortion Legislation and Its Impact on Providers
Oct. 24, 12-1pm, Milstein East C
Feminist Formal
Oct. 25, 9pm, Sheraton Commander
$5 of ticket proceeds will benefit Health Care Without Walls
Spring 2019 Conference
WLA 2019 Spring Conference: Why We Run
Wednesday, March 27th, 12 pm, Milstein East C
Keynote Address – Amanda Litman, Founder of Run for Something and former Email Director for Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign
Wednesday, March 27th, 7 pm, WCC – 2004
The Power of Activism: Shannon Watts, Founder of Moms Demand Action; Lily Herman, freelance writer, editor, and digital strategist
Thursday, March 28 at 12pm in Pound 102
The Fight Ahead: The Future of Roe v. Wade in the Supreme Court: Linda Greenhouse
Thursday, March 28 at 7 pm in Ames Courtroom
A Seat at the Table: Women in Elected Office:
-Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, youngest African-American woman ever elected to Congress
-Christine Hallquist, first openly transgender major party nominee for governor in the United States, winning the 2018 Democratic nomination for Governor of Vermont
-Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards
-Former WV Sec. of State Natalie Tennant