• 23 Jan 2007

Podcast from West Legalworks™ Focuses on Issues Facing Women in the Workplace

New York, NY West Legalworks™ author Lauren Stiller Rikleen is featured in the latest episode of Westcast, the audio podcast from Thomson West, a Thomson business (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).

Rikleen discusses her book, Ending the Gauntlet: Removing Barriers to Women’s Success in the Law, which has been cited or reviewed in the New York Times, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, the Boston Globe and The American Lawyer among other publications.

In her Westcast interview, Rikleen discusses several of the key themes in her book and the institutional impediments she has identified to women’s success in the practice of law. Rikleen based her book on extensive research and interviews with hundreds of women lawyers and law firm managers across the United States.

Note to editors: The podcast featuring Lauren Stiller Rikleen is available on the Thomson West Web site. To contact the author, or to request a review copy of Ending the Gauntlet: Removing Barriers to Women’s Success in the Law, please call Yadana Latt at West Legalworks at 212-337-8464 or send an e-mail to yadana.latt@thomson.com.

About the author
Lauren Stiller Rikleen is a senior partner in the Framingham, Mass. office of Bowditch & Dewey LLP, and a former president of the Boston Bar Association. She is the executive director of the Bowditch Institute for Women’s Success. For more information visit www.bowditch.com/success.

About West Legalworks
West Legalworks, a Thomson (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) business, develops and executes more than one-hundred business of law, practice of law and custom professional events annually. Our world class legal content and end-to-end execution capabilities consistently provide the best value and level of service to event attendees, speakers and sponsors. Our capabilities include access to unparalleled relationships with prestigious faculty, speakers and more than 2,000 Thomson West authors, editors and lecturers. West Legalworks also publishes books and newsletters for the industries that we serve. For more information about West Legalworks visit www.westlegalworks.com or call 800-308-1700.

About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com) is a global leader in providing essential electronic workflow solutions to business and professional customers. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, scientific research and healthcare.  The Corporation’s common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).

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