Sharing Success: A Seminar for Women

Overview

DRI’s Women in the Courtroom Committee proudly presents this seminar to help women lawyers maximize their full potential in the courtroom, law firm and community. This seminar addresses the unique challenges women face in the practice of law and offers an alternative model for success based on a woman’s distinctive communication style and personality. This program is both educational and enriching, geared to help you to hone your trial and business development skills. It is also an opportunity to participate in a variety of networking and social activities.

Please join the Women in the Courtroom Committee for this outstanding opportunity to learn, listen and laugh together, as you receive guidance through mentoring and female-dedicated professional development instruction and activities.

Registration

Registration: The registration fee is $745 for members and those who join DRI when registering and $875 for non-members. The registration fee includes CD-ROM course materials, continental breakfasts, networking luncheon on Thursday, refreshment breaks and networking receptions. If you wish to have your name appear on the registration list distributed at the conference and receive the CD-ROM course materials in advance, DRI must receive your registration by February 13, 2009 (please allow 10 days for processing mail registrations). Registrations received after February 13, 2009, will be processed on-site.

HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS: A limited number of discounted hotel rooms have been made available at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, 1700 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, California, 20401. For reservations, contact the hotel directly at 310.458-6700. Please mention DRI’s Sharing Success - A Seminar for Women Lawyers Seminar to take advantage of the group rate of $279 Single/Double. The hotel block is limited and rooms and rates are available on a first-come, first-served basis. You must make reservations by February 3, 2008, to be eligible for the group rate. Requests for reservations made after February 3 are subject to room and rate availability.

TRAVEL DISCOUNTS: DRI offers discounted meeting fares on various major air carriers for DRI’s Sharing Success: A Seminar for Women Laywers attendees. To receive these discounts, please contact Hobson Travel Ltd., DRI’s official travel provider at 800.538.7464. As always, to obtain the lowest available fares, early booking is recommended.

Hotel

Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel 1700 Ocean Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90401 310.458-6700

Travel Discounts

DRI offers discounted meeting fares on various major air carriers for DRI seminar attendees. To receive these discounts, please contact Hobson Travel Ltd., DRI’s official travel provider at 800.538.7464 or you can book your travel on online at RESX.com. If you are a first time user use dri as company, your first initial and last name as Member ID and leave password blank the first time you login to enter a password. As always, to obtain the lowest available fares, early booking is recommended.

Special Discounts

No special discounts are provided for the Diversity for Success or Young Lawyers Seminars, Fidelity and Surety Roundtable, Defending Drug and Medical Device Litigation Young Lawyer Primer, the DRI Annual Meeting, or any non-CLE DRI meeting. For all other seminars, the first and second registrations from the same firm or company are subject to the fees outlined above. The registration fee for additional registrants from the same firm or company is $50 off the member rate, regardless of membership status. All registrations must be received at the same time to receive the discount.

CLE Information

CLE Accreditations

Refund Policy

Refund Policy: The registration fee is fully refundable for cancellations received on or before February 13, 2009. Cancellations received after February 13 and on or before February 20, 2009, will receive a refund, less a $50 processing fee. Cancellations made after February 20 will not receive a refund, but the course materials on CD-ROM and a $100 certificate good for any DRI seminar within the next 12 months will be issued. All cancellations and requests for refunds must be made in writing. Fax to DRI’s Accounting Department at 312.795.0747. All refunds will be mailed within four weeks after the date of the conference. Substitutions may be made at any time without charge and must be submitted in writing. If you wish to have your name appear on the registration list distributed at the conference and receive the CD-ROM course materials in advance, DRI must receive your registration by February 13, 2009 (please allow 10 days for processing mail registrations). Registrations received after February 13, 2009, will be processed on-site.