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The Grit Project: How to Develop the Secret Skills of America's Top Women Attorneys CLE

Connecticut Bar Association in collaboration with The Women in the Law Section | CLE

May 2, 2018

Lawyers

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Leander A. Dolphin

Managing Partner

860.251.5086

ldolphin@goodwin.com

In the past two decades, women and men have entered law firms as first-year associates in roughly equal numbers.  However, by the time women arrive at the most senior leadership levels – non-equity and equity partners – they represent only 29 percent and 17 percent of their peers, respectively.  These individuals, among the most highly successful women attorneys in the country, share two traits: grit and growth mindset.  The best news?  Women attorneys have control over them.

You Will Learn

  • What is grit and why does it matter
  • What is a growth mindset, and why do so many women attorneys lack it
  • How to tackle some of the most difficult real-world work problems
  • How some of the grittiest women attorneys in Connecticut have managed to succeed, both as practicing and non-practicing attorneys

For more information on this event, please visit the event website.

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