The Ohio Women’s Bar Foundation (OWBF) will be granting a scholarship in the amount of$I,OOO to one law student for the 20 11-12 school year. The deadline for submission is March 31,2011 and the scholarship will be presented to the winner at Ohio Women’s Bar Association Annual function in May in Columbus, Ohio. Date: TBA
For an application form, please e-mail Adam Messner at apm@uakron.edu.
The OWBF and the OWBA work closely together. Formed in 2008, the Ohio Women’s Bar Foundation mission is to research, analyze, compile, publish and distribute educational materials to enable women attomeys and those interested in encouraging women attorneys to become more proficient in their profession with the assistance of their local and national woman’s bar associations. The OWBA is a 501 (c) (3).
The Ohio Women’s Bar Association (OWBA) was formed in 1991 in order to build a community oflawyers who are interested in the issues that uniquely affect women. The OWBA will be celebrating its 20th year. The mission of the OWBA is to promote the leadership, advancement and interests ofwomcll attorneys through professional education, networking and the exchange of ideas between our members, local bar associations, business and the community.
This includes:
- Fostering communications and networking among women attorneys.
- Promoting and advancing professional opportunities for women attorneys.
- Promoting the appointment and selection of women to various federal, state and local positions of influence.
- Promoting women as leaders.
- Promoting and providing continuing legal education targeting areas ofpmiicular interest to women attorneys.
- Monitoring and supporting government legislation, policies. and practices affecting women.
- Serving as a statewide resource representing perspectives of women in the legal profession.