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Navigating Tarlton's Collection

Whether seeking print or online materials, here are some tips for using TALLONS, the online catalog. Catalog records for items relating to the CWL contain a note stating "This book supports the interests of the Center for Women in Law at the University of Texas School of Law.”

Saved searches for works relating to CWL's mission:

Helpful call number ranges:

K 644 (Int'l & comparative legal materials on women)
KF 477 - 478 (U.S. legal materials on women)

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Highlights from Tarlton's Collection

Best Friends at the Bar: The New Balance for Today's Woman Lawyer by Susan Smith Blakely
Call Number: KF 299 W6 B588 2012
Dear Sisters, Dear Daughters: Strategies for Success from Multicultural Women Attorneys by Ernestine Forrest and C. Elisia Frazier, editors
Call Number: KF 299 M56 D432 2009
Grit, the Secret to Advancement: Stories of Successful Women Lawyers by Hogan, Milana L
Call Number: KF299.W6 H635 2017
Her Story: Lessons in Success from Lawyers Who Live It by Teresa Marie Beck et al.
Call Number: KF 299.W6 H47 2017
The Road to Independence: 101 Women's Journeys to Starting Their Own Law Firms by Karen M. Lockwood, editor.
Call Number: KF 299 W6 R532 2011
What It Takes: How Women of Color Can Thrive Within the Practice of Law by Monica R. Parker
Call Number: KF 299 A35 P37 2010
The Woman Advocate (2d ed.) by Abbe F. Fletman and Evelyn R. Storch, editors
Call Number: KF 299 W6 W655 2010
Women Rainmakers' Best Marketing Tips (3rd ed.) by Theda C. Snyder
Call Number: KF 299 W6 W66 2010

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American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Women in the Profession
Works to ensure that women have equal opportunities for professional growth and advancement commensurate with their male counterparts.
American Bar Association (ABA) Women Rainmakers
Mission includes: (1) to educate professional women about marketing and business development, (2) to provide mentoring opportunities for members, and (3) to provide networking opportunities to build personal and professional relationships. ABA Women Rainmakers' home is in the ABA Law Practice Management Section.
Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Women in Legal Education
AALS is a non-profit educational association of 176 law schools representing over 10,000 law faculty in the United States.
Catalyst
Founded in 1962, Catalyst is a nonprofit membership organization expanding opportunities for women and business.
Center for WorkLife Law
A nonprofit research and advocacy group devoted to women's advancement and to improving work/life balance for everyone at UC Hastings Law School.
International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ)
A non-profit, non-governmental organization of approximately 5,000 members at all judicial levels in 82 countries and areas. Since forming in 1991, the IAWJ has united women judges from diverse legal-judicial systems who share a commitment to equal justice and the rule of law.
National Association of Law Placement (NALP)
Founded in 1971, NALP is a nonprofit educational association established to meet the needs of all participants in the legal employment process (career planning, recruitment and hiring, and professional development of law students and lawyers) for information, coordination and standards.
National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF)
A nonprofit trade association comprised of minority and women-owned law firms and other interested parties throughout the United States.
National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ)
Organization for women jurists dedicated to preserving judicial independence, ensuring equal justice and access to the courts for women, minorities and other historically disfavored groups, providing judicial education on cutting-edge issues, and increasing the numbers and advancement of women judges at all levels to more accurately reflect their full participation in a democratic society.
National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)
Founded in 1899, NAWL is a national voluntary legal professional organization devoted to promoting the interests and progress of women lawyers and women's legal rights.
National Conference of Women's Bar Associations
An organization of women's bar associations, for women's bar associations, representing approximately 35,000 women lawyers. It provides a national forum for exchanging ideas and information vital to organizational growth and success in today's profession.
State Bar of Texas Women and the Law Section
Section of the bar that works to encourage and facilitate the active and effective participation of women in the legal profession and in the community, and to address women's current needs and the issues affecting them.
State Bar of Texas Women in the Profession Committee
Formed in 1989, works to assess the status of women in the legal profession, to identify barriers that prevent women lawyers from full participation in the work, responsibilities and rewards of the profession, to develop educational programs and materials to address discrimination against women lawyers, to make recommendations to the State Bar Board of Directors for action to address problems identified by the Committee.
Texas Women Lawyers
Created to coordinate, facilitate and promote women's issues in the law and in the profession. The existence of a number of women's bar associations and organizations throughout the state necessitated the creation of an umbrella group to share ideas and resources and speak effectively with a common voice on women's issues in the legal profession.
Travis County Women Laywers' Association
Founded in 1977, a professional organization committed to supporting issues affecting women both as lawyers and as members of society.

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