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LINDSAY BARBEE, CHIEF JUSTICE ANN MCCLURE, KRISI KASTL, PAT MONTES AND EVA CHAPMAN
please nominate that individual for the award. AALM: As more students graduate, how is the association helping to integrate them into the le-
gal community?
Kastl: Texas Women Lawyers is working
with local women lawyers’ organizations and law schools to facilitate networking between law students and practitioners. Texas Women Lawyers as well as some of our other mem- bers offer scholarships to our annual CLE for law students. There is a rigorous application process.
AALM: Are there any changes that the asso- ciation wants to see in the legal community?
Kastl: We would like to see more opportu- nities for women to advance to partnership status within their firms. So many women are qualified for bigger and better positions and work so hard to get there and we would like them to be recognized for all of that hard work.
AALM: As a member of the association’s leader- ship, what changes are you trying to put into e ect? Kastl: I want to see involvement from most, if not all, women lawyers, in the state of Texas to be-
come active members in Texas Women Lawyers. AALM: What are some exciting events com-
ing up?
Kastl: On July 19, 2018, the National Asso-
ciation of Women Lawyers will host their 2018 Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon at the Grand Hyatt in New York, New York.
On August 8, 2018, Texas Women Lawyers will partner with the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Dallas Women Lawyers Association, Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, Texas Young Lawyers Association, Tarrant County Bar As- sociation Women Lawyers and Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association and present a program titled, “Women in Power: Shattering Glass Ceil- ings.” is will be an interactive discussion among judges, lawyers and law students about struggles,
challenges and successes of women who have made it in the legal profession.
Texas Women Lawyers is excited to promote and have our members attend the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ) 40th Annual Confer- ence on October 3, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas.
Our annual event, CLE will be held in Corpus Christi on March 1, 2019. We will have a special 25th Anniver- sary dinner the night before our CLE, on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi. During the dinner, we will be honoring past TWL presidents.
MARISSA MAGGIO, JUSTICE MOLLY FRANCIS, CHIEF JUSTICE CAROLYN WRIGHT, KRISI KASTL AND JUSTICE ELIZABETH LANG MIERS
MYRA MORRIS, DEBRA CORDOVA, KRISI KASTL, SHARON ALMAGUER AND LINDSAY BARBEE
BB SANFORD, SHELLY GRECO, PAT MONTES, ANYA LUCAS AND RACHEL HATTEN ADAMS
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