2012 WILL Academy: Former Latham & Watkins Partner Says Asking for Help is Not a Weakness

Excerpts from speech by Edith R. Perez, who urges would-be leaders to visualize goals, exercise extreme discipline and be relentlessly persistent.

The conference attracted more than 300 women lawyers seeking to improve their leadership and business development skills and network with prominent practitioners from around the country. The academy was presented by the _’s Commission on Women in the Profession and Young Lawyers Division at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, Dec. 6 – 7.