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1981 Women's Bar Association Newsletter 1 (1981)

handle is hein.peggy/wbanewsl0018 and id is 1 raw text is: 4W The May meetng o the WB-A held at Trudie BallY Empress Restaurant on May 26 -- commenced with the presentation o the on Lawyer of the Year Award to Brooksley Elizabeth Landau. Te Hon. Joyce Hers Gre ofth U oS ist:rict Court for the District o Columbia (a l979 recipient of the san award a the presehtation, Ms Landau, a partner n the firm of Arnold & Porter and a graduate of Stanford Law School and its undergraduate school has been e a in a rumber of activities eldating to ihe imroverert of te adriinis- ratio of justice Proudiy vieawing the pres.entat ion were her husband Jack Landau and their two children Nicholas and Ariel, Ms. Landau attributed part of her ability to handle professional and legal responsi- bilities to the patience and understanding of her family. (She has addressed the WBA previously on the subject of balancing the roles.) THIS IS THE LAST MEETING UNTIL SEPTEMBER, 1981. DON'T MISS IT:: DATIE: June 23 PLACE: Blackie's House of Beef (22nd & M Streets) PROGRAM: Eleanor Holmes Norton, Former Commissioner, EEOC; Arnett Hubba-d, President-Elect, National Bar Associ- ation. (Co-sponsored by the WBA and the Greater Washington Area Chapter, Women Lawyers Division, National Bar Assoc iat ion). TIME: 6:00 p.m. (Cash Bar) 7:00 p.m. (Program) 8:00 p.m. (Dinner) Call 223-1480 for last-minute dinner reser- vations. Br oksley Lardau with her family after rece;*ng award Judge Green remarked that it would not sur- prise her if Ms. Landau became the first woman to be President of the American Bar Association. indeed, her accomplishments reflect r dedication and commitment to the legal profession, a profession which she loves. Ms. Landau's legal activities have resulted in improvements in the legal sys- tem and in the rights of women. She was one of the founders of the Women's Legal Defense Fund (1971) and presently is Chair of the Women's Rights Project at the Center for Law and Social Policy, She has been active in the American Bar Association, serving presently on the Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary and as a delegate to the House of Delegates. She is past Chair of the ABA Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities. She has also served as Secretary and Board Member of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association. After presentation of the award, the WBA election results were announced as follows: President, Susan A. Low; Vice President, Elizabeth Medaglia; Treasurer, Susan Kassell, May Meeting (Cont'd on p. 5) Digitized from Best Copy Available NEWS & VIEWS THE WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INCORPORATED 1917 1819 H STREET, NORTHWEST P SUITE 3005 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 PHONE (202) 775-0420

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