Women Leaders of the Bar Day – 7th edition

Wednesday, September 9, 2026
from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM CEST (Paris time)*
Free of charge – Registration Required

Capsule organised by the UIA Women’s Committee on the occasion of the Women Leaders of the Bar Day.

This Capsule will be held in English, French and Spanish with summaries in the 3 languages.

Opening Remarks

• Fernando HERNANDEZ GOMEZ, UIA President, VAHG – Vázquez Aldana, Hernández Gómez & Asociados, Guadalajara, Mexico

Moderator

• Elisabeth ZAKHARIA SIOUFI, President of the UIA Women’s Committee, Elisabeth Zakharia Sioufi, Beirut, Lebanon

Speakers

• Imbi JÜRGEN, Vice-President of the CCBE, President of the Estonian Bar Association, Attorney at law TGS Baltic, Tallinn, Estonia

• Mercedes NOVIER, President of the Vaud Bar Association, Lausanne, Switzerland

• Sherry LEVIN WALLACH, Former President of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) from 2022 to 2023, Justa Novus LLC, Somers, NY, USA

• Izabela KONOPACKA, Former President of the FBE and Former Vice-Dean of the Wroclaw Bar Association, Wroclaw, Poland

• Dominique DE LA GARANDERIE, Former President of the Paris Bar Association and Founding Partner of La Garanderie Avocats, Paris, France

* TIMES
07:00 AM to 09:00 AM PDT (San Francisco, Los Angeles)
09:00 AM to 11:00 PM CDT (Mexico City)
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST (New York, Washington DC)
03:00 PM to 05:00 PM (London, Lisbon)
04:00 PM to 06:00 PM CEST (Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Algiers, Tunis)
05:00 PM to 07:00 PM (Beirut, Jerusalem, Cairo, Johannesburg)
06:00 PM to 08:00 PM (Doha, Istanbul, Nairobi)
07:00 PM to 09:00 PM (Dubaï)
11:00 PM to 01:00 AM (Hong Kong, Singapore, KL, Beijing)