HARRISBURG (Feb. 24, 2005) � The Pennsylvania Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession (WIP) will host a midyear conference titled, �Lessons Learned Along the Pathways to Success: Pearls of Wisdom from Leaders of our Profession,� on Friday, March 4, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Wanamaker Building, Philadelphia.

Based upon the recent book Women-at-Law: Lessons Learned Along the Pathways to Success written by Philadelphia lawyer Phyllis Horn Epstein, the conference will bring together many respected leaders of Pennsylvania�s legal community to share their perspectives and lessons for leadership and success.

The conference is free to bar association members and is co-sponsored by the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar associations and the First Judicial District. Copies of Women-at-Law will be available for purchase at the conference, and the author will be available to autograph copies of her book following the session.

Speakers for the conference include: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Sandra Schultz Newman; Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Dolores K. Sloviter; ABA Margaret Brent Award Winner and Eastern District Court Judge Norma Shapiro; U.S. District Court Judge Gene E. K. Pratter; Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Phyllis Beck; Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Susan Gantman; Commonwealth Court Judges Doris Smith-Ribner and Rochelle Friedman; Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Frederica Massiah-Jackson; Philadelphia Bar Association Past Chancellor Audrey Talley; Professor of Law and 2004 Margaret Brent Award Winner Marina Angel; State Rep. Kathy Manderino; author and Epstein, Shapiro & Epstein partner Phyllis Horn Epstein; Pa. Bar Association WIP Co-chair & Philadelphia Bar Association Assistant Secretary Kathleen Wilkinson; Philadelphia Bar Association Women in the Profession Committee Co-Chair Nicole Galli; and Weber Gallagher partner Susan I. Schulman.

For more information, visit the Pennsylvania Bar Association Web site at www.pabar.org.