Participants of this year’s Conference
were rewarded for their early morning rise with quality addresses from
top-notch speakers. The opening session
was titled “The Joyful Lawyer,” by Karen Clemes, General Counsel at
Utah Valley University and JRCLS Women in Law Committee Chair. Ms. Clemes urged
those in attendance to make joy a focal point of their goals and lives.
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| Karen Clemes, JRCLS Women in Law Committee Chair |
Attendees then had a variety of
break-out sessions from which to choose. Orange County Superior Court Judge
Francisco Firmat (Ret.), a respected negotiator, taught how peace-making skills
can improve relationships at home and in the office. Gayla Sorenson, Senior Fellow for the
International Center for Law & Religion Studies and Assistant Dean of
Admissions at BYU Law, delineated three ways in which religious freedom has
come under attack, and provided instruction as to how attendees could protect
it. Other break-out sessions addressed
gender bias; balancing part-time, full-time, and working from home; and
exploring careers outside the traditional law firm practice.
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| Conference Co-Chair, Jenny Wilson and Gayla Sorenson, Religious Liberties Speaker |
The Conference concluded with “It’s
all Gift: Stumbling Along the Path of
Grace,” by Honorable Nancy Wieben Stock (Ret.) of the Orange County Superior
Court. Judge Stock related her story regarding a near death experience, in
which a stranger saved her life. That experience allowed for her life
perspective to be centered in the fact that life is a gift and that what we are
given is through grace. Through that grace, we must be of good to others.
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| Hon. Nancy Wieben Stock (Ret.) |
Those in attendance commented that the
conference was “Inspiring!” Many noted that they had “Ah-ha moments!” and that
certain presentations “spoke to my soul.”
By:
Julie Smith
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