The Law School has established the Three Guineas Fellowship Alumnae-in-Residence Program to inform and educate women law students about the life of women lawyers.

The Three Guineas Fellowship Program will bring three distinguished alumnae to campus each year to share their professional experiences and their personal reflections on the issues that confront women in the legal profession. Fellows will spend several days on campus and will meet formally and informally with students. Some presentations will be videotaped for use by students after the Fellows have departed.

The Program is supported for three years by a $15,000 gift from the Three Guineas Fund and a matching gift from the Celebration 40 Fund, which was established by Law School alumnae to celebrate 40 years of women graduates at the Law School. The Program will be administered by the Office of Student Life Counseling, directed by Mark Byers, as part of the Office's various outreach activities dealing with the concerns of women at the Law School. "This program significantly enhances our efforts to prepare students for the challenges of professional and personal development in an evolving profession," said Byers.

This year's Fellows are Anne Libbin '75, partner in the Labor and Employment Law Group of the San Francisco office of Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro (Sept. 24-26); Jamie Gorelick '75, former U.S. Deputy Attorney General and current Fannie Mae Corporation Vice Chair (Oct. 22-24); and Verna Myers '85, Massachusetts Attorney General Deputy Chief of Staff (Nov. 7, 14, and 21).

"The Three Guineas Fellowship Program is an exciting and innovative part of our efforts to advance the status of women at the Law School," said Law School Dean Robert Clark. "The Program's benefits will hopefully be enjoyed not only by students but by the entire Law School community. We appreciate the Three Guineas Fund's support of this outstanding project."

"It is our hope that the Three Guineas Fellowship Program will be a central element of the School's efforts to prepare women law students to fulfill their potential in the profession," said Anne Weisberg, chair of the Alumnae Committee of the Harvard Law School Association. "The Program is unique in its approach to helping students shape their career goals and aspirations, and has tremendous potential to educate as well as inspire women to be agents for change in the profession."

Weisberg said the School expects many benefits from the Program.

Women students will have the opportunity to speak with, hear from, and be inspired by role models with whom they can strongly identify. The Program will establish resources for Law School students, through the videotaping of sessions, that will be accessible when the fellows are not in residence. The fellows will have the opportunity to reestablish connections with the legal education community and to raise awareness among legal educators about issues of concern to women lawyers. The Program can serve as a model for similar programs at other law and professional schools.