National Association of Women and The Law is looking for young women volunteers

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF FEMINIST LEGAL AND POLICY ACTIVISM IN
CANADA? If so, NAWL wants YOU!!
The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) is looking for young
women who are engaged in thinking about and acting on issues related to
law and public policy as it affects women in this country.

If you are a law student or are engaged in public policy or legal studies
about women¡¦s equality, we invite you to apply to participate in our
Think Tank/Strategy Session on November 7-9 in Toronto, with all your
expenses paid by NAWL.

The goal of this strategy session will be to engage in focused discussions
and strategic planning regarding what it would take to re-invigorate local
and vibrant NAWL caucuses across the country. We anticipate a lot of work
¡V and a lot of fun!

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History
NAWL has historically worked closely with law school caucuses, but in
recent years the capacity to facilitate and assist in organizing these
caucuses has decreased. With renewed energy and internal capacity, we are
hoping to revitalize this important part of NAWL by facilitating a focused
discussion with young women about your interests and issues. What would it
take to actively engage you in creating a vibrant NAWL caucus on your
campus?
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to Apply for the Think Tank/ Strategy Session
We will select 10 ¡V 12 women to participate in the strategy session along
with the young women members of NAWL¡¦s National Steering Committee.
If you are interested, please send us a letter, no longer than 2 pages,
telling us about:
„X your background in public policy/legal studies, feminist activism,
social justice or lobbying work; AND
„X what you think you would bring to this meeting, why you want to come
and how you could follow up at your own campus.
„X If you are a recent graduate, please tell us how you remain connected
to your faculty.
Please provide us with the name and contact information of someone we can
talk to so that we may learn more about your passion and involvement in
policy/legal studies, feminist activism, social justice or lobbying work.

We will be selecting women who reflect the diversity NAWL seeks to reflect
as well as who have experience with feminist organizing. Please note that
while the meeting will be held in English, we encourage Francophone women
to apply and participate in French. [While we are not able to offer
English to French interpretation services throughout the meeting, a NAWL
Steering Committee member will provide French to English interpretation
services for women who are most comfortable expressing themselves in
French. Special moments during the meeting will also be planned for
conversations in French only.]
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more information about NAWL, visit our website: www.nawl.ca
Application deadline is: October 2, 2009
Applications from current, recent undergraduates and graduate students are
welcome!If you have any questions or to submit an application, please
contact:
Pamela Cross, Director of Strategic Planning at pcross@xplornet.com