Past Events
WOCL CONFERENCE
ADVOCATING WITH PRIDE: IN PRACTICE
Sunday March 30, 2025, noon
Westgate Hotel, 1055 Second Avenue, San Diego
$75 General Admission/$25 Students & Children
Email: info@garciahonglaw.com
Co-Sponsor: Tom Homann LGBTQ+
WOCL CONFERENCE
BALANCING THE SCALES: STRATEGIES FOR LAWYERS CONFRONTING STRESS IN THE PURSUIT OF MENTAL WELL-BEING
Sunday March 3, 2024, noon
Westgate Hotel, 1055 Second Avenue, San Diego
$50 General Admission/$20 Students & Children
Email: info@garciahonglaw.com
Law Student Brunch
Date: Sunday, September 10, 2023, 11:00 am
Meet and network with other first year law students and lawyers who will share their law school experience
Reaching for the Pinnacle – Can You Afford Your Dream Legal Career?
Date: Sunday, February 26, 2023
Registration/Networking: 12:30 pm Panel Event: 1:00 pm
Moderator Katy Goshtasbi and panelists Hon. Jinsook Ohta, Carmen Chavez, Mary Dollarhide and Ivette Kuyateh will lead us in a captivating discussion on obstacles, and overcoming them, on the path to your “pinnacle” legal career
WOCL in Collaboration with National Association of Women Judges presents: Empowering Our Voices:
Perspectives from Afghan Women Judges
Date: Sunday, February 27, 2022
Time: 1:00 pm, Virtual
PANELISTS:
Judge Vida Qayoumi
Legal advisor in the Afghan Women’s Network & an assistant professor at Kabul University
Judge Najla Ayoubi
2015 Women Peacemaker at the USD Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice & Chief of Coalition & Global Programs at Every Woman Treaty
MODERATED BY:
Commissioner Nadia Keilani
San Diego County Superior Court Judicial Officer and Co-Chair of the NAWJ Fairness and Access Committee
Supported by: Legal Aid Society, South Asian Bar Association, Filipino American Lawyers of San Diego, Iranian American Bar Association – San Diego, Lawyers Club of San Diego, Latinas in the Law
SO YOU WANT TO BE A LAWYER?
Date: Saturday, October 2, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
California Women Lawyers (CWL) invites high school, college, and law school students to a comprehensive, 2-hour virtual workshop about becoming a lawyer. CWL will bring together professionals in the field to provide information tailored to students at each stage of their education to navigate paths forward toward a legal career. If you are a student who is interested, or even just curious about becoming a lawyer, please join CWL for this dynamic program. CWL is here to show you that a legal career is not out of reach!
LAWYER MOMS: BRAVING THE PANDEMIC
Date: Sunday, October 3, 2021
Time: 11:00 am
Join WOCL for a boxed picnic lunch on a guided support discussion. Space is limited to 10 guests.
GOLF AND HAPPY HOUR
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Join Women of Color in Law for our a friendly 9-hole scramble and happy hour! Come relax, catch up with friends, and have a good time!
Please register at:
womenofcolorinlawgolf2021.eventbrite.com
Contact Valerie at info@garciahonglaw.com for sponsorship opportunities
EXECUTIVE PRESENCE: PERSONAL BRANDING FOR WOMEN LAWYERS
Date: Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Featuring Katy Goshtasbi
Sign up for zoom link at womenofcolorinlaw@gmail.com
VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR
Date: Thursday, June 10, 2021
Time: 4:30pm – 5:30pm
Join Women of Color in Law for our virtual happy hour! Come relax, catch up with friends, and have a good time!
Please RSVP by email to info@garciahonglaw.com
Women of Color In Law 