Gender Fairness
This committee examines issues related to gender fairness in the legal profession and develops programs that provide a forum for the discussion of issues related to gender fairness, including seminars and networking opportunities. The committee promotes awareness of these issues within the profession and encourages law firms and corporate legal departments to sign the “Gender Initiative Commitment Statement.”
Further resources for the Gender Fairness Implicit Bias Panel on November 28, 2018.
Read The Texas Lawyer‘s article on the Gender Fairness Initiative Commitment Statement here.
Success fatigue, an elevated glass ceiling, sexual harassment and implicit bias are among reasons that so many women are leaving the practice of law, says @ABAesq president, Hilarie Bass, speaking @thehba Gender Fairness Committee's 15th anniversary Celebration tonight. pic.twitter.com/L4m41Ai7M3
— Houston Bar Assoc. (@thehba) April 25, 2018
Co-Chair:
Ms. Angeles Cassin
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
1000 Louisiana St., Suite 1700
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 374-3656
Co-Chair:
Ms. Jacquelyn McAnelly
Cersonsky, Rosen & Garcia, P.C.
1770 St. James Place, Ste. 150
Houston, TX 77056
(713) 600-8500
Co-Chair:
Ms. Amy Parker
Bracewell LLP
711 Louisiana Street, Ste. 2300
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 223-2300