Held at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Chicago, the Academy will feature a host of programs on topics including women’s initiatives in the workplace, the role of general counsel, strategies for negotiating deals, and leadership planning.

The event showcases, Paula Boggs, Starbucks general counsel; Judge Ann Claire Williams, US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former lieutenant governor of Maryland. The three women will discuss their successful careers in the legal profession and give advice to those hoping to have similar success.

With more than 413,000 members, the American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership organisation in the world.