http://www.ewla.org5EWLA's 2011 newsletter has recently been distributed to all members and can also be read online!http://www.ewla.org/Frett/14796/Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMTBy Nathalie Leroy, employment barrister in France and EWLA board member: At the recent EWLA congress in Berlin on November 4 Nathalie Leroy of the French Women Lawyers’ Association (Association française des femmes juristes) and EWLA Secretary-General Jackie Jones presented the significant progress made through the European Convention on preventing and combating vi...http://www.ewla.org/Frett/14755/Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMTBy Nazan Moroglu EWLA member in Istanbul: On 24 November 2011 Turkey ratified the Council of Europe (COE) Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women. Turkey is the first signatory country approving the Convention its Parliament. The Turkish Parliament adopted the Convention with 246 votes. I can say this is the success of women lawyers and women associations str...http://www.ewla.org/Frett/14752/Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMTJudith Willis (past General Secretary of EWLA) ran a session at the Berlin Congress on Presentation Skills. This skill, increasingly required in the modern legal and business world, can be overlooked in the training of lawyers, where the emphasis is often on court appearances. It was a humorous and good-tempered session, which lived up to the practical ambitions of the Congress. Judith, an inde...http://www.ewla.org/Frett/14748/Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMTDr. Katalin Prandler an attorney at law and legal consultant from Budapest is standing for an election to the board of EWLA on behalf of Hungary in the forthcoming elections to the EWLA board at the General Assembly in Berlin. Below is dr. Prandler's CV. Curriculum Vitae  Dr. Katalin Prandler  NameDr. Katalin Prandler  TitleDoctor of Law  Address:H-10...http://www.ewla.org/Frett/14667/Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT