NLSIU Bangalore 2000 graduate Richa Naujoks was promoted to partnership at Nixon Peabody in New York City, according to a press release from the firm.

Workplaces are structured to lose the women along the career ladder and colleagues’ and bosses’ attitudes do usually not alleviate the loss, was a hot topic of discussion in a room of 80 women at the Society of Women Lawyers’ (SOWL) annual conference in Delhi on Saturday.

The Society of Women Lawyers is hosting its First Annual General Meeting along with its Annual Conference on 7th July 2012 at the India International Centre, Delhi.

The Chief Guest of the event is Hon’ble Justice Gita Mittal of the Delhi High Court who will also deliver the keynote address.

The conference will be attended by several prominent lawyers and members of the Judiciary, and promises to be an exciting event.

An association of Indian women advocates, the Society of Women Lawyers (SOWL), will launch on 26 February in Delhi after two years of its conceptualisation aiming to further cause of women in the profession and in India.