Women Lawyers NSW

The peak body representing women lawyers in NSW for the advancement of women in the legal profession.

19 October 2009

Dear Members & Colleagues

Please join us on Friday the 23rd October for our biannual Female Bar Readers Welcome & Networking Lunch at Buena Vista Cafe & Bar.

The Women Barristers Forum invites you to join them for drinks on Thursday 22nd October and Dolce, and we are delighted to jointly invite you to join us on the 12th November for Cocktails at Moonshadow Grille to celebrate the appointment of women Senior Counsel for 2009: Janet Manuell SC, Anne Rees SC, Laura Wells SC and Dina Yehia SC.

Our annual Golden Girls Lunch will be hosted at the Law Society of NSW on Friday 13th November.

These event details are noted below.

Our AGM will be held at the Law Society of NSW, 5.30pm on Thursday 19th November. Please diarise and ensure your membership is current. Please click here for the membership form to renew or join.

Our Xmas Shopping Day is back by popular demand commencing 12pm-8pm at the Law Society of NSW on Friday 27th November featuring Susan Holmwood (Shirtmaker), Sada Skincare, Avanti Jewellers, and other fabulous gifts and homemade fare. Xmas Cocktails will commence at 5pm allowing you to shop till 8pm whilst enjoying gifts, door prizes, cocktails and canapés with colleagues and our distinguished guests. We look forward to bringing you further details soon.

A reminder that photos of our Awards Gala Dinner are available from the Happy Medium Photo Company, Phone: 9299 1973, and may be viewed on their website under 'Awards' http://happymediumphoto.com.au/ We will have a selection posted on our website shortly.

Kind regards,
Mary
Mary Snell
President

23 October, Friday 12:45 -2:00PM
Female Bar Readers Welcome & Networking Lunch
Buena Vista Cafe & Bar, Level 14, Supreme Law Courts Building, 184 Phillip St, Sydney
Please join us and distinguished guests for our biannual lunch hosted by WLANSW. No charge; non-reader attendees pay for own lunch - click here to view menu. Please register your attendance: executive@womenlawyersnsw.org.au to ensure adequate seating.

WBF presents Twilight at Dolce, Thursday 22nd October 5.30-7.30pm
A chance to catch up and connect – all welcome! Click here for details and registration.

12 November, Thursday 5:30 - 8:00PM
WBF & WLA Silks Cocktail Event at Moonshadow Grille, Lobby Level MLC Centre, Martin Place, Sydney
Women Barristers Forum in association with the Women Lawyers Association of NSW invite you to join us for cocktails to celebrate the appointment of women senior counsel for 2009: Janet Manuell SC, Anne Rees SC, Laura Wells SC and Dina Yehia SC.
RSVP by 30 October for earlybird cost of $55pp or $65pp if received after. Please click here for further details and registration.

13 November, Friday 12:30-2:00PM
Golden Girls Annual Lunch at The Law Society of NSW,
Level 2, 170 Phillip St, Sydney
No charge; attendees pay for own lunch. Please register your attendance: executive@womenlawyersnsw.org.au to ensure adequate seating. An opportunity for our retired colleagues and Life Members to meet and impart their knowledge and experience to others.

OTHER EVENTS & NEWS:

NSW Young Lawyers Animal Law Essay Competition
The NSW Young Lawyers Animal Law Committee is currently inviting entries in its 2009 Animal Law Essay Competition, which is intended to foster interest and scholarship in the area of animal law in Australia. Entries close at 5pm on 23 October 2009. For full terms and conditions including frequently asked questions, please visit our website at http://alc.younglawyers.com.au or contact alc.chair@younglawyers.com.au with any questions.

Golden Girls Gather for Democracy: Stand for Freedom
Women of Australia are invited to gather on the steps of the Opera House on October 27th to show their support for the freedom of Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma.
TUESDAY 27 OCTOBER 2009 12:15PM ARRIVAL 12:30PM-12:45PM EVENT THE FORECOURT SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Hosted by Janelle Safﬁn, Federal Member for Page
In attendance- Thérèse Rein and Lucy Turnbull. This event is supported by the Prime Minister, the Hon. Kevin Rudd MP RSVP: www.janellesafﬁn.com.au
Click here for the invitation.
Click here for the information pack.

The Box Win! 5 double in-season passes for THE BOX Compliments of ICON
Email: executive@womenlawyersnsw.org.au with the subject heading THE BOX to go in the drawer.

THE BOX, which stars Cameron Diaz, James Marsden and Frank Langella will release nationally on October 29. A classy thriller in the style of the classic 70s films of Roman Polanski, it spins around an intriguing premise – if you were offered one million dollars for pushing a button that caused the death of someone in the world you didn’t know... would you do it? Just like his previous indie masterpiece Donnie Darko, this is just scratching the surface of what director Richard Kelly has in store.

www.iconmovies.com.au/thebox

Advance notice from ICON: THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE - Limited Release from October 22, Exclusive to Dendy Opera Quays

Starring Robin Wright Penn with Alan Arkin and Keanu Reeves, written and directed by author Rebecca Miller. By turns wry, humorous, and emotionally exacting, THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE presents the complex portrait of the many lives behind a single name. www.iconmovies.com.au/theprivatelivesofpippalee

5 prize packs of two Rebecca Miller novels – The Private Lives of Pippa Lee and Personal Velocity (which is just being released for the first time in Australia), will be available with other fabulous door prizes during our Xmas Cocktail event.

Who are Australian Women Lawyers (AWL)
Formed in 1997, AWL is the national body representing and funded by women lawyers associations in Australia. The current AWL Patron is the Honourable Chief Justice Diana Bryant of the Family Court of Australia.

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