Our Mission
 Our Board of Directors
 Our Type of Organization
 Our Annual Reports
 Our Mother Association

Our Mission

Founded in 1983, the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Foundation has as its primary mission:

. . . promotion of programs which enhance civic education through law, and promotion of scholarships and opportunities for women at primary, secondary, college and law school levels.

 

Our Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Foundation: 

. . . is a dedicated group of volunteers who serve three-year terms and receive no compensation. Board membership is drawn from throughout Michigan and from different law practice areas, and several members are former presidents of the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan. Terms run from May through April, annually, and board members are appointed by the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Board of Directors. The 2006-2007 Foundation Board is composed of these dedicated women:

Dawn Van Hoek
Detroit, Chairperson

Kimberly M. Cahill
Center Line, Treasurer

Z. Kay Fitzpatrick
Detroit

Nancy A. Glen
Huntington Woods

Alice McCann Osburn
Detroit

Ann L. Routt
Ann Arbor

Valerie Newman
Detroit

Paula Talarico
Troy

Meghan Kennedy Riordan
Livonia

Sandra L. Sorini
Ann Arbor, Secretary

Dolores Nunez Studier
Dearborn

 

Our Type of Organization

The Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Foundation is organized as a:

501(c) (3) non-profit organization, holding a charitable solicitation license from the State of Michigan. Contributions to the WLAM Foundation are therefore tax-deductible beyond the value of any goods received.

 

Our Bylaws

 

Our Annual Reports

2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998

 

Our Mother Association

The Women Lawyers Association of Michigan:

. . . was founded in 1919 for the purposes of "securing the rights of women in society, advancing the interests of women members of the legal profession, promoting improvements in the administration of justice, promoting equality and social justice for all people, improving relations between the legal profession and the public and encouraging the continued legal education of lawyers."
 
WLAM is governed by a statewide Board of Directors composed of members-at-large and representatives from its fourteen regions. Those regions and their 2006-2007 presidents are:

 Blue Water

Genesee-Shiawassee-Lapeer

Lakeshore

Livingston
Stacey L. Dinser

 Macomb
Angela Sherigan

Mid-Michigan
Angela Brown

Monroe
Shannon K. Lucas

 Oakland
Rebecca Turner

Washtenaw
Amy Smith

Wayne
Rubina Mustafa

Western
Ann Liefer

The statewide WLAM officers for 2006-2007 are:

 President
Kathleen Allen

First Vice-President
Kristin Garrison

Second Vice-President
Rubina Mustafa

Treasurer
Susan West

Secretary
Ann Erickson-Gault

The WLAM Association Services Manager is Kathleen Peabody, who may be contacted at kmaslankapeabody@sbcglobal.net, or (800) 654-5959 or (313) 881-1833.
 
The WLAM mailing address is 23210 Greater Mack, #117, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080.

A WLAM membership application may be completed and returned to Ms. Peabody.