The New Jersey Women Lawyers Association is hosting its 13th Annual WILL Platinum Gala on March 31, 2020 at The Grove in Cedar Grove, New Jersey.   Gala attendees will receive a Journal at the event, which will include articles, advertisements and information about our Honorees and our sponsors.

We are soliciting articles to be published in the 2020 Gala Journal. This is a wonderful opportunity to publish an article or essay. We are seeking articles that relate to NJWLA’s mission (reprinted below), and which would be of interest to our members and Gala attendees.

Suggested topics might relate to the following:

• navigating gender politics and how to try to break through the glass ceiling;
• women’s leadership and sponsorship, leaning in, taking a seat at the table and helping others;
• diversity and inclusion in the contemporary legal world;
• how the current economic and political climate has impacted women in the profession, and how we will move forward and succeed;
• retirement/rewiring/downsizing: the changing practice of law and changing direction;
• tips for marketing, networking and developing client relationships, with a focus on unique opportunities or obstacles for women;
• challenges faced by women lawyers involving caring for aging parents and/or children … and how you have overcome them;
• ideas for furthering the advancement and retention of women in the legal profession.

Articles should be between 600 and 1500 words.

Anyone interested in submitting an article for the Gala Journal must submit a paragraph outlining her/his topic proposal for pre-approval on or before February 10, 2020.

If your topic is approved for publication, the deadline for submitting the

final article will be February 28, 2020.

NJWLA reserves the right not to publish and/or to edit all articles submitted.

Topics and article content must be approved by the Gala’s Journal Committee.

If you are interested in submitting a topic, please email cskinner@njwla.org.