February's Scoop

​February 23rd - Social at 5:30 p.m. at Royce
Please join us at 5:30 p.m. on February 23rd at Royce for our first social of 2017!  Royce is located at 115 Ridge Street.  NNWLA will provide light appetizers.  Stop by and reconnect with old friends and meet some new ones!

Save the Date - March 16th Luncheon at noon at SoDo
Save the date for NNWLA Women's History Month luncheon on March 16th at noon at SoDo.  The theme for Women's History Month this year is "Honoring Trailblazing Women in Labor and Business."  One of the national honorees is Lilly Ledbetter, who is well-known for fighting for equal pay and equal rights for women in the workplace.  She lost her civil rights case at the Supreme Court in 2007, but she kept fighting and in 2009 the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law.  
​For more information about Lilly Ledbetter's case, you can read the Supreme Court opinion here.

Keeping the National theme in mind, NNWLA invited Molly Rezac, a local employment and labor attorney, to do a CLE presentation for us in March.  Molly will be discussing recent intriguing case law on non-competes and negotiating employment contracts.  We hope you can join us on March 16th at noon at SoDo for what is sure to be an interesting and informative presentation.  CLE approval pending.

President Barack Obama signs into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in the East Room of the White House. January 29, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Joyce Boghosian) (https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2015/04/14/day-history-equal-pay-trailblazer-lilly-ledbetter-turns-77).

Volunteers needed for NNWLA Lawyer in the Library Event on April 19th at 5:30pm
NNWLA is looking forward to working with the Washoe County Law library at hosting a large Lawyer in the Library event on April 19th from 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.  In order to make this event a success, we will be seeking volunteer attorneys to participate in the event.  Volunteer attorneys will provide assistance to community members with their legal questions.  More details concerning the event and an optional training session will follow.  We hope you will join us (and encourage others to join us) for this worthwhile cause!

Membership Renewal
If you have not already renewed your membership, please renew your NNWLA membership for 2017!  Renewals can be done online.  

Do you know someone in the legal profession that is not a lawyer who would be interested in joining NNWLA?  NNWLA would like to invite lawyers and non-lawyers practicing in the legal field to join our organization.  Please look at our membership page for additional information.