Winter 2025
Connecting Women Lawyers Remarks of the Chair By Sara Li
W Editors Puneet Klar, Leah Seneviratne Editorial Board
J. Cherisse Friesen, Sara Li, & Rachel E. Schechter This is the last PDF version of the WLF Newsletter. Look out for a new web version later this year.
hile preparing these remarks, I took the opportunity to reflect on my journey with the Women Lawyers Forum (WLF). While in law school, I was introduced to the WLF by lucky happenstance. As a mentee in the CBABC’s student mentorship program, I had been looking forward to meeting my mentor at the program’s first event. When he was unable to attend, a senior female crown counsel graciously “adopted” me along with a small collection of other students. Despite not being my assigned mentor, she kept in touch and encouraged me to attend WLF events. As it turns out, Carol Anne was the Chair of the WLF at the time and her generosity, kindness and collegiality were a sign of things to come. My experience in the WLF community has been all this and more. Over the years, what I give and receive from the WLF has evolved, but it has always remained a place where I can find exactly what I need, whether it is to commiserate, to celebrate achievements or to find understanding and support. Continued on the following page