The 2025 Schedule

Thursday, March 20

6:00 Reception

6:30 Welcome Dinner

Opening Remarks

7:30 Keynote address by Eva DeVirgilis

8:30 Adjourn

Friday, March 21

MCLE Credit: 6.0 (Ethics: 1.5)

8:30 Breakfast

8:45 Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Colleen Marea Quinn, Founder and Director, Quinn Law Centers; President, Virginia Law Foundation
Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, Partner, Dunlap Law, PLC and Former Director of the ACLU of Virginia 

9:00 THE HISTORY OF WOMEN AND THE LAW

Faith Alejandro, Hon. Jean W. Cunningham, Hon. Anne Holton, Professor Elizabeth D. Katz, Sara Tandy
Claire G. Gastañaga, panelist & moderator 

10:30 Break

10:45 EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN IN THE LAW

Hon. Devika Davis, Hon. Cleo E. Powell, Danielle Stokes, Lucia Anna “Pia” Trigiani
Hon. Angela E. Roberts, panelist & moderator

12:15 Lunch

1:00 WOMEN LEADING CHANGE IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW

Tricia Dunlap, Rebecca Geller, Colleen Marea Quinn, Sarah Robb
Colleen Marea Quinn, panelist & moderator

2:30 Break

2:45 SUPPORTING WOMEN’S FUTURE SUCCESS IN THE PROFESSION

Mallory Brennan, Sandra Havrilak, Rudene Mercer Haynes, Thomas Hiner
Renu Brennan, panelist & moderator

4:15 Closing Remarks

4:30 Adjourn