https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:59:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-848442 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:56:17 +0000 Mrs. Pen 848442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: &lt;&lt;I would like to own my own Side Bar (for the *free* drinks, of course! . . . if I have an *office* upstairs, maybe I can deduct it all from my taxes!), be a Pilates instructor, and bake (intensely awesome) cupcakes. Seriously.&gt;&gt;</p> <p>haha I fell deeper in love with you. I want cupcakes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-848324 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:30:04 +0000 LindsayInNY 848324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NorCalWayfarer: I just looked - we have a local county women's one that I'll have to keep in mind! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-848303 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:26:47 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 848303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: @MsLipGloss: Our area also has a "mother attorneys mentoring" group that I am planning on joining in the future. They have brown bag lunches and family-friendly social events. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-848298 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:25:54 +0000 BlueWolverine 848298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ABA, State Bar Association and various local bar associations. Need to be more active. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-848288 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:24:00 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 848288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I'm in a much smaller area than you are, but have found the women's org to be really tight-knit. I joined my first year out of law school and everyone was really welcoming -- I joined the board my second year and from there have been getting more involved and they encouraged me to become involved in the state-wide women's group. Just jump on in!! Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-848271 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:20:10 +0000 doodlepoodle 848271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a member of SHRM, society for human resource management </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-848263 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:17:00 +0000 MsLipGloss 848263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: Not actively for probably a year (end of pregnancy and since LO was born). I would like to, though, because you can never have too much support! And it's a small world out there for women attorneys! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-848256 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:15:21 +0000 LindsayInNY 848256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NorCalWayfarer: I've wanted to get more involved but the NYC chapters are just so darn big! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-848225 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:06:26 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 848225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: Yes! I'm on the Board of my local women's law organization and next year will be a delegate to our state women's bar organization. I've found the women in those two organizations have been amazing role models/mentors/friends. I also try to attend some of the county bar social events, especially the "young" attorney events. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-848181 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:58:02 +0000 LindsayInNY 848181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: @NorCalWayfarer: Good for you both!! Are either of you actively involved in any of them? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-848178 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:57:31 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 848178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-848164 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:54:18 +0000 Alivoo01 848164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>IIA (Institute of Internal Auditors) and ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-848087 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:35:53 +0000 MsLipGloss 848087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: I think you seriously gave me a nose bleed (my brain cannot handle all the math!). Schmarty panse! </p> <p>@yellowbird: @lavender: I *puffyheart* going to the Dentist *and* having my teeth cleaned! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-848078 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:33:28 +0000 yellowbird 848078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ADA, AGD, and my state dental association. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-848063 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:29:57 +0000 littlek 848063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: they are! LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-848003 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:18:09 +0000 Espion 848003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The AUA (American Urological Association) and the SFU (Society of Fetal Urology). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-848000 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:17:58 +0000 MsLipGloss 848000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: Those look like some seriously official organizations! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-847997 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:16:57 +0000 littlek 847997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants), NVSCPA (Northern VA Society of CPAs), VSCPA (Virginia Society of CPA) and Virginia Board of Accountancy </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-847987 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:15:32 +0000 rattles 847987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another member of the bar - state and local for me. I'm maintaining my license and memberships even though I'm home for now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-847981 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:14:43 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 847981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: um that sounds divine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-847972 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:11:51 +0000 MsLipGloss 847972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NorCalWayfarer: In that case, I would like to own my own Side Bar (for the *free* drinks, of course! . . . if I have an *office* upstairs, maybe I can deduct it all from my taxes!), be a Pilates instructor, and bake (intensely awesome) cupcakes. Seriously. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-847967 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:11:16 +0000 ShootingStar 847967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I belong to the Usability Professionals Association. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-847951 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:08:12 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 847951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: @Mrs.Pen: I don't know if I'm a bad person for this, but whenever I have to sit through one of those required substance abuse MCLE presentations, it makes me want a drink!</p> <p>@MsLipGloss: I know *so* many former lawyers who now do something completely different -- a lot of photographers, bakers, etc. I think opening your own "Side Bar" sounds fabulous!!!! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-847949 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:07:50 +0000 MsLipGloss 847949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: It wasn't my original plan (to become an attorney), but here I am nonetheless! :)</p> <p>ETA: I do liability defense work . . . I defend a lot of construction companies and hospitals/doctors in civil litigation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-847944 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:07:04 +0000 Mrs. Pen 847944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: on a more serious note: what type of law do you practice? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-847940 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:06:30 +0000 Mrs. Pen 847940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: Bahahaha. OMG I bet you have a million puns like that readily available ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-847915 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:01:26 +0000 MsLipGloss 847915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: @NorCalWayfarer: There was plenty of alcohol in the beginning . . . it was not exactly a smooth transition! :P And yeah, *Bar* organization is completely misleading (I should have read the fine print!). I daydream about opening my own bar . . . in the movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose ( a great movie, btw!), the attorneys in that movie meet at a bar, Side Bar (great name for a legal theme bar!) . . . ever since I saw it, I have wanted my own *Side Bar*. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-847861 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:50:22 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 847861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, several. Both my state and county bar association, a local women's bar organization, and a state-wide organization specific to my area of practice. I'm actively involved in the women's bar organization and find it so helpful to have a group of women in the industry (most of which have children) to relate to.</p> <p>@Mrs. Pen and @MsLipGloss: I wish the bar organizations were a different kind of "bar" organization ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-847827 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:45:51 +0000 Mrs. Pen 847827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: lol... Makes me think of a lot of alcohol ;) I want to be part of a bar association ;)<br /> Btw I didn't know you're a lawyer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-belong-to-any-professional-organizations#post-847814 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:43:24 +0000 Adira 847814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was a member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), but recently dropped my membership while I was pregnant and didn't have time to attend any of the events anymore. </p>