Breaking the Manager Ceiling for Women in Law
2.17.2026
The New York State Bar Association’s Women in Law Section is hosting a workshop on March 11 designed for female attorneys whose hard work and reliability have brought them success but not led to advancement.
The course, entitled “Breaking the Manager Ceiling: For women navigating advancement, influence, and visibility in the legal profession,” focuses on the professional who is a few years into her working life and now meeting new challenges. Women in Law Section program chair Laura Sulem says this program provides women attorneys the practical strategies to shift from being valued for reliability to being recognized for trust and leadership.
“This session provides the tools to increase visibility, influence, and advancement in a profession where perception often matters as much as performance,” said Sulem.
The hour long workshop features speaker Jean Tien, a best-selling author and creator of The S.U.C.C.E.S.S.™ Method, her 7-part process to break through barriers to success. Tien will offer women tools to stop doing invisible work that does not advance their careers. It’s not about working harder, she says, it’s about working smarter.
“I am offering a different kind of success. I call it fractional success,” Tien said in a recent TEDx talk. “You don’t have to do everything or be everything in order to be successful. You get to choose. You can achieve more with less.”
The workshop will also focus on how to communicate with clarity and authority to influence decisions and confidently pursue more complex matters, higher-stakes roles, and promotion.
Registration for this free informational event is open. You can hear more from Jean Tien on fractional success in her recent TEDx talk.
