 | Date: Monday, October 17, 2016 Time: 12:00pm - 02:00pm Venue: Tokyo American Club Speaker: Linda Klein (President, American Bar Association) Member Fee: ¥4000 Guest Fee: ¥7400 Meal: Lunch Registration/Cancellation Deadline: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Hosting Committee(s): Legal Services, Women in Business |
Overviews:
On Aug. 28th, 2015, the Japanese parliament approved a bill aimed at promoting and enhancing women's role in the workplace. Companies with over 300 employees were required to analyze their current status on women in the workplace and set numerical targets for promoting and employing women, implementing action plans by April 1, 2016. Last year, Germany also adopted a law mandating more participation of women on boards. Other countries are employing less legal means for pushing for greater participation of women in leadership.
President Linda Klein is the first woman American Bar Association (ABA) President to succeed another woman ABA President, suggesting a new level of women in leadership at the ABA, as well. From the perspective of her current ABA role and as a shareholder in one of the United States' largest law firms, President Klein will speak on the effects of women taking on increasingly significant leadership roles in the non-profit and profit worlds.
C. Christian Jacobson, Piyasena C. Perera, Co-chairs
Nels Hansen, Vice Chair
ACCJ Legal Services Committee
Mari Matthews, Ryann Thomas, Co-Chairs
Vicki Beyer, Makiko Tachimori (Fukui), Elizabeth Handover, Deborah Hayden, Corinne Johnson, Jiana Leung, Efrot Weiss, Yoshiko Zoet-Suzuki, Mako Ikeda, Zane Zumbahlen, Vice Chairs
Leanne Cutts, Board Liaison
ACCJ Women in Business Committee
NOTE 1: This event is OFF THE RECORD.
NOTE 2: If you cancel after the stated deadline, the full meeting fee will be charged to your account. Sorry, no substitutions or walk-ins.
NOTE 3: If you are driving to Tokyo American Club, please inform the ACCJ in advance as arrangements must be made and a 1,100 yen parking fee will apply.
On Aug. 28th, 2015, the Japanese parliament approved a bill aimed at promoting and enhancing women's role in the workplace. Companies with over 300 employees were required to analyze their current status on women in the workplace and set numerical targets for promoting and employing women, implementing action plans by April 1, 2016. Last year, Germany also adopted a law mandating more participation of women on boards. Other countries are employing less legal means for pushing for greater participation of women in leadership.
President Linda Klein is the first woman American Bar Association (ABA) President to succeed another woman ABA President, suggesting a new level of women in leadership at the ABA, as well. From the perspective of her current ABA role and as a shareholder in one of the United States' largest law firms, President Klein will speak on the effects of women taking on increasingly significant leadership roles in the non-profit and profit worlds.
C. Christian Jacobson, Piyasena C. Perera, Co-chairs
Nels Hansen, Vice Chair
ACCJ Legal Services Committee
Mari Matthews, Ryann Thomas, Co-Chairs
Vicki Beyer, Makiko Tachimori (Fukui), Elizabeth Handover, Deborah Hayden, Corinne Johnson, Jiana Leung, Efrot Weiss, Yoshiko Zoet-Suzuki, Mako Ikeda, Zane Zumbahlen, Vice Chairs
Leanne Cutts, Board Liaison
ACCJ Women in Business Committee
NOTE 1: This event is OFF THE RECORD.
NOTE 2: If you cancel after the stated deadline, the full meeting fee will be charged to your account. Sorry, no substitutions or walk-ins.
NOTE 3: If you are driving to Tokyo American Club, please inform the ACCJ in advance as arrangements must be made and a 1,100 yen parking fee will apply.
