NETWORKING DRINKS, SYDNEY CBD 
5.30-7.30pm 25 August 2022
The WLANSW is launching a new event series! Thursday is the new Friday is a monthly networking drinks function for women lawyers to attend and network!
The event will be at a different venue each month to allow us to explore Sydney's CBD while we connect and chat about all things law and life.
This month's venue Employees Only is a fashionable, buzzing  cocktail bar in the heart of the CBD, located on 9a Barracks Street.
FREE event. Drinks and food are available for purchase. Bring a friend and head on down for a drink and a chat on Thursday! Please book online. 

MANAGING AND PROTECTING THE COST RETAINER
WEBINAR 1-2.15pm 29 August 2022 via MS Teams
Join us for a FREE lunchtime seminar discussing the importance of managing and protecting your cost retainer. The costs disclosure document can be one of the most important to a lawyer. Peta Solomon has kindly offered her time to educate us on the finer points of retainers. This event will be held online only via MS Teams.
Special Guest: Peta Solomon BA LLB has specialised in large personal injury and complex commercial matters involving costs often in excess of $1million and providing expert evidence in security for costs applications. She has been the principal of Costs Partners Pty Limited for 15 years. She has presented seminars to the Law Society of New South Wales, NSW Young Lawyers, the College of Law and Legalwise Seminars. Peta currently sits on the Supreme Court Costs Users Group and contributes to the column on costs in the Australian Legal Business and Precedent journals.
Event free for WLANSW Members and $20 for Non-members. 
Please click here for the flyer.  Please book online. 

THE JANET COOMBS LUNCH FOR NEW WOMEN BARRISTERS
1-2.30pm 31 August 2022 at The Women's Club 
Hosted by the Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales in conjunction with the Women Barristers Forum
Please join us, and distinguished guests, for our biannual lunch to welcome the new women barristers to the NSW Bar. This is a great networking event, continuing the wonderful tradition of Janet Coombs AM to welcome new women barristers with lunch. All are welcome.
Cost includes GST and luncheon:Members $65pp; Non-members $70pp. Please click here for the flyer and book online.

ETHICS CPD NETWORKING LUNCH, WOLLONGONG 
12-2pm 2 September 2022 at Centro CBD
Updates to the Solicitors’ Conduct Rules: A Conversation
The Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules 2015 were amended in April 2022 after an extensive consultation process, overseen by the Law Council of Australia.This session will provide an overview of this review, including the key changes to the Rules. The presentation will be enlivened by conversation with a panel of senior and well-respected local lawyers.  
The presenter, Karina Murray, is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Wollongong. Karina teaches and publishes on legal ethics and is co-author, with her colleague John Littrich, of the ethics text Lawyers in Australia (Federation Press 4th ed, 2019) .
Karina will be in conversation with: Lorelle Longbottom, Partner, DGB Lawyers; Lorri Field, Director, PDC Lawyers and Town Planners; and Natalee Davis, Senior Associate, Shine Lawyers.
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL. Please book online. Click here for the flyer. Members $60pp; Non-Members $65pp (inc GST)
Includes two course lunch and a drink on arrival

'WELCOME TO THE LAW' 4-PART SEMINAR PROGRAM FOR JUNIOR LAWYERS, proudly hosted by Hall&Wilcox, 5-7pm 
Please note this series is focused to law students and newly admitted solicitors (0-4 PAE).  
Seminar 1: Things I Wish I had Known – Tips, Tricks & Insider Knowledge 
Tuesday, 13 September 2022
Seminar 2: Pleadings: Performing on Paper & in Court – Written Advocacy, Oral Advocacy, Court & Tribunal Etiquette
Tuesday, 27 September 2022 
Seminar 3: Building your Brand – Mentorship, Sponsorship, Networking & Marketing Yourself 
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 
Seminar 4: Emotional Intelligence, Resilience and Dealing with Difficult People  
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
COST: Single seminars: $25 Members, $30 Non-Members; all four seminars for $80 Members, $100 Non-Members. Please note that registration is open at 5.00pm for a 5.30pm start and will conclude by 7.00pm. Light refreshments will be served. Please click here for the flyer  Please book online.

LINKEDIN & LAWYERS
How can you use the platform to your advantage
WEBINAR 1-2.15pm 14 September 2022  via MS Teams
LinkedIn Expert, Jillian Bullock, will be speaking about:
•             Common mistakes people make on LinkedIn
•             How to use the platform to your advantage
•             Marketing Tips on LinkedIn
Jillian Bulloch is a Certified & Award-Winning Australian LinkedIn Ninja. With a diploma in marketing and advertising, and over 20 years of experience with both small business and multinationals, Jillian’s marketing background is strong and diverse.  She started her Marketing Consulting business in 2002 which over time became dominant in social media, and exclusively LinkedIn in 2012.
Cost: WLANSW Members Free & Non-members $20. 
Please click here for the flyer. Please book online. 

EQUITABLE BRIEFING, NEWCASTLE
Proudly hosted by Sparke Helmore Lawyers
5.30pm 22 September 2022 
Guest Speaker: Kate Eastman AM SC
Equitable briefing – are we there yet? A discussion about the impact of the Law Council’s Equitable Briefing Policy since 2016 and ongoing initiatives to improving briefing practices and the experiences of women barristers.
The Newcastle Chapter of the Women Lawyers’ Association of NSW invite you to join us, distinguished guests, members and colleagues, for a networking event. All welcome.
Kate Eastman AM SC is a Sydney barrister working in the fields in human rights, discrimination, employment and public law. She is currently Senior Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. Kate chairs the Law Council of Australia’s Equal Opportunity Committee, the Australian Bar Association’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee and is a past Chair of the NSW Bar Association’s Diversity Committee. In June 2021, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to the law, to human rights and to professional organisations.
FREE event. Bookings essential. Please click here for the flyer. Please book online. 
NOTE: Sparke Helmore are committed to ensuring a safe environment for everyone and those attending are required to be fully vaccinated or have an approved medical exemption. Please click here for further information.

PRACTICAL STEPS TO MAXIMISE THE PROFITABILITY OF YOUR FIRM. WEBINAR 1-2.15pm 12 October 2022 via MS Teams
Maree Macphail, Partner at ESV, will speak about:
• Structures – types, pros and cons
• Running a business – cash flow, charging time, debt collection, budgeting, setting staff KPIs
• Xero and using computerised systems to assist in running the business
• Leverage
• Other issues – HR/IT/finance/systems
Maree Macphail ia a Partner, ESV Business advice and accounting. Maree provides taxation, financial, GST and investment advice to professional, high wealth and private clients. She has a strong knowledge of taxation and business services, and specialises in medical, legal, senior management and executive matters.
Cost: WLANSW Members Free & Guests $20. Please click here for the flyer and book online.

Launch of the National 'Migrant and Refugee Women's Attitudes, Experiences and Responses to Workplace Sexual Harassment' Study 
Share your experiences at work as a migrant or refugee woman living in Australia. Please complete this short anonymous survey here:  bit.ly/3P7UBng Closing on 16 September.
The survey is open to anyone living in Australia over the age of 18 years old who identifies as a woman from migrant or refugee background. It is available in six languages (Arabic, Farsi, Swahili, Dari, Simplified Chinese and English) and should take no longer than 20 minutes to complete. All responses are confidential. We are pleased to offer all who complete the survey, the chance of winning one of 20 Coles-Myer vouchers to the value of $100.

Findings from the survey will inform better targeted workplace responses and support for migrant and refugee women.