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1. Law School Mentoring Coordinator
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Mary Denison
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marydenison@prexar.com
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Heather Seasonwein
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hms@laskofflaw.com
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Will work with the chairs of the Maine Law School Women's Law
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Association to maintain a system by which women law students
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may be connected with a woman attorney to act in a mentoring
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capacity. Will need to be willing to call/email/write women
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attorneys across the state to seek those willing to mentor.
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2. New Attorney Mentoring Coordinator
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Patricia E. Weidler
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pweidler@lcwlaw.com
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Will develop a process by which new attorneys may be connected
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with a woman attorney to act in a mentoring capacity. Will need to
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be willing to call/email/write women attorneys across the state to
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seek those willing to mentor.
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3. Membership Committee
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Chair
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Organizers of local brown bag lunches:
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Cynthia Dill
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dillesquire@aol.com
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Erin Raccah
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eraccah@PierceAtwood.com
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Tina Panayides
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legal@mecasa.org
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Sarah Ruef-Lindquist
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sarahl@uniontrust.com
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Members (any number)
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Senior practioners representative
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Northern Maine representative
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Will organize, support, and promote events and/or other mediums
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by which women attorneys may connect with one another. The
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Committee will work on reaching outside the WLS membership
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(getting women attorneys to join who have not already) and
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reaching within the membership and increasing the ability and
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opportunities to meet each other. Special attention will be given to
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bridging the north/south gap.
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4. Pro Bono Opportunities
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Chair: Cathy Lee
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cathy@go-worldlee.com
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Members (any number):
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Judy Plano
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jplano@ptla.org
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Faye Luppi
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fayeluppi@pivot.net
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Will seek out pro bono opportunities that promote the legal rights
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of women. Will at least publicize such opportunities and, to the
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extent possible, seek those who would like to participate in those
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pro bono efforts.
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5. Judicial Equity Committee
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Chair:
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Susan Tedrick
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stedrick@mainegeneral.org
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Members (any number):
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Marianna Fenton
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MMF@rkmlegal.com
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Will promote a more equitable representation of women in the
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judiciary, including programs on the judicial application process.
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6. Program Committee
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Two co-chairs:
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Meg LePage,
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mlepage@PierceAtwood.com
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Pat Peard
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ppeard@bssn.com
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Members (any number)
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Will organize, promote, and run a program in the spring. The
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timing may change with approval from the Section co-chairs.
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7. Media Committee
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Chair:
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Alice Knapp
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aknapp@gwi.net
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Members (any number)
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Will maintain contact with the MSBA lobbyist in order to learn of
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legislation that may be of interest to the WLS membership. Will
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be the contact person for the MSBA lobbyist to notify the Section
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of legislation, hearings, and other related legislative events.
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8. Awards Committee
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Co-chairs:
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Sally Morris
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Sallyannemorris@aol.com
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Marcia Cleveland
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mcleveland@suscom-maine.net
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Members (limited to four):
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Judy Andrucki
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jandrucki@thplaw.com
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Tommie Burke
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tburke@brownburkelaw.com
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Judy Plano
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jplano@ptla.org
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Paula Watson
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pwatson@banknorth.com
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Will handle the process for awarding the Caroline Duby Glassman
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award, including soliciting nominations for the award, selecting a
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nominee (who must be approved by the MSBA), and publicizing
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the receipt of the award. The Committee will also select a speaker
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to describe the award recipient and present the award to her. The
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Committee will also explore other awards for women attorneys
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and, to the extent possible, solicit nominees, select a candidate or
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candidates, engage in the award application process, and publicize
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any award that is given as a result of the Committee's efforts. For
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example, to the extent possible, the Committee will continue its
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efforts to promote the award of the ABA Margaret Brent Award
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and the YWCA Twin Award.
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9. Glassman Award Design Committee
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Chair:
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Members (any number)
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Emily Bloch
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ebloch@nhdlaw.com
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Pat Peard
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ppeard@bssn.com
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Judy Plano
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jplano@ptla.org
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Sally Morris
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Sallyannemoris@aol.com
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Will come up with a new design for the Glassman Award, will
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arrange for a piece that best represents the mission of the Glassman
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Award, within budget, and that can be readily obtained with ease,
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with a 5 year price guarantee. The price will be no more than the
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cost budgeted in 2002. The Committee will do what needs to be
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done to get approval from all the WLS members prior to actual
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piece selection with the vendor, with the details going to the co
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chairs who will work with the MSBA on the email vote needed to
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secure such approval. The Committee will be responsible for
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making sure that the award is ready for presentation at the awards
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luncheon.
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10. Treasurer
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Karen Wright
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kwright@bssn.com
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11. Connections Editor
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Linda McGill
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lmcgill@moonmoss.com
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12. NCWBA representative
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Jennifer Sawyer
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jsawyer@bssn.com
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