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February Meeting
Wednesday,
February 6, 2002
12:30 p.m.
Capital Club
Reserve My Spot
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Luncheon Program:
WOMEN IN ISLAM Please join us on February 6th as we hear Professor
Al-Hibri from the TC Williams School of Law speak on Women in Islam.
Professor Azizah Y.
Al-Hibri is a 1966 graduate of The American University of Beirut with a B.A. in Philosophy. She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from The University of Pennsylvania in 1975 and her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1985.
She began her teaching career in 1975 at Texas A & M University where she was an Assistant Professor until 1983. During her time at Texas A & M, she was a Visiting Associate Professor from 1981-1982 at Washington University in St. Louis.
Following Professor
Al-Hibri's graduation from law school in 1985 she served as a Visiting Scholar at The Harvard Divinity School and Center for the Study of World Religion during the fall of 1985 and worked as an associate with Sullivan and Cromwell in New York from January 1986 until September 1987. From October 1987 - June 1992, she was an associate with Debevoise and Plimpton in New York where she specialized in general corporate law with special emphasis on securities regulation.
Professor
Al-Hibri came to the T. C. Williams School of Law in 1992 as an Associate Professor and has served as a Professor since July, 1998.
Professor
Al-Hibri's international activities, lectures and publications on Islamic Law and Women's Rights, Studies of Islamic Law and Social Sciences and the rights of Muslin Women are simply too numerous to mention and we refer you to her web page at
http://www.law.richmond.edu.
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LOCATION: Capital Club
Three James Center, Fourth Floor
1051 East Cary Street
COST: $16.00 for members
$19.00 for non-members
RSVP: Kim Ramsey
voice mail: 697-5116
e-mail:
kramsey@fgb.com
Please respond by 10:00 a.m.,
Monday, February 4th
PAYMENT: Mail in advance to:
MRWBA
P.O. Box 538
Richmond, Virginia 23218-0538
PARKING: Use James Center parking deck
Validated parking up to $5.00 NOTICE: All luncheon reservations must be made by the deadline specified above. Reservations may be cancelled prior to this deadline. You must make a reservation even if you mail your check. No reservations made after the deadline are guaranteed. Limited walk-in spaces are available for each luncheon on a first-come-first-served basis.
If you do not attend the luncheon after making a reservation and do not cancel prior to the deadline, you will be charged for the cost of the luncheon. If you have made a reservation and cannot attend the luncheon, you may substitute someone in your place. However, you (or your substitute) must advise Kim Ramsey (697-5116) or
kramsey@fgb.com) of such substitution prior to or at the luncheon.
If you have any questions about the billing process, please contact Laura White, Treasurer (775-1409 or
lwhite@mcguirewoods.com).
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MRWBA Newsletter February 2002
Page 1
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Legislative Update!!
The 2002 Virginia General Assembly
commenced January 9, 2002...
So did the work of the MRWBA Legislative Committee.
As in years past, the Legislative Committee will be compiling periodic status reports on pending bills and resolutions thought to be of general interest to women attorneys practicing law in the Richmond metropolitan area.
Based on past member surveys, our bill tracking reports for this year will focus on legislation relating to Attorneys, Courts and Judges; Civil Remedies and Procedure; Reproductive Rights; Health and Insurance; Family Law and Domestic Relations; Children, Juveniles and Juvenile Justice; and Criminal Law and Procedure.
The Legislative Committee's Initial Report listing Bills introduced by the January 18, 2002 deadline will be emailed to members the week of January 21, 2002. Subsequent reports will be included in the next two monthly newsletters and will be distributed at luncheon meetings. If the MRWBA does not have your current e-mail address and you wish to receive updates by email or if you would prefer not to receive Legislative Updates by e-mail, please contact Ann-Neil Cosby at
ancosby@sandsanderson.com.
Members may request that the Legislative Committee include a particular bill in its reports by forwarding the
Bill number to Ann Neil Cosby, at
ancosby@sandsanderson.com.
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Are you interested in which candidates win judgeships this year?
The MRWBA Judicial Endorsement Committee has learned that the members of the General Assembly, while taking into consideration bar endorsements, also value hearing directly from their constituents about judgeships. There are numerous ways for MRWBA members to express their views to their legislators. You may, of course, contact your legislator in person. If you can achieve this, congratulations to you. Otherwise:
1. You may contact your legislator by phone by calling the
Constituent Viewpoint Hotline at 1-800-889-0229.
2. You may contact your legislator by email. To find out who your legislators are, and what their email addresses are, go to
http://legis.state.va.us.
Click on
Who's My Legislator. Type in your address, and your legislator's names and email addresses will pop up on the screen.
3. You may contact your legislator by mail. Follow the directions for #2 above. When you type in your address under
Who's My Legislator, the legislator's physical address will appear as well.
Should you choose to contact your legislator in writing, feel free to follow the sample letter shown below:
Dear Delegate/Senator __________:
As a constituent of yours, I am writing to encourage you to vote for _______ for the position of Judge of the ________________ Court.
I have known [and have practiced with] ____________ for __ years. He/she is exceptionally qualified for the position of ________ judge in that ____________. Acknowledging those attributes, the Metropolitan Richmond Women's Bar Association [as well as the ___ Bar Association] has/have endorsed ___ for the position. The citizens of _____would be well served if ____ were selected for this judgeship.
I thank you for your time and your consideration in this important matter.
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MRWBA Newsletter February 2002
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