AWL's 50th Anniversary Celebration (10/16/2026)

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Join the Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City as we celebrate 50 incredible years of advancing, connecting and empowering women in the law!

AWL members are invited to bring one guest for a special evening at the Sobela Ocean Aquarium at the Kansas City Zoo, featuring beverages, hors d’oeuvres, desserts and plenty of time to celebrate and connect.

Tickets are $50 per person. Space is limited, so register early!

We can't wait to celebrate our past, present and future — and toast to the next 50 years of AWL!

AWL CLE: Managing Clients in the Age of AI (10/22/2026)

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Generative AI has arrived in the attorney-client relationship from both directions: clients are using it before they call us, and many of us are now using it on their matters. This session addresses both and the ways they collide. This CLE addresses what AI use does to a client's legal rights (human authorship requirements, inadvertent public disclosure, and attorney-client privilege risks), what ethical issues the attorney must consider, and the practical realities of representing clients who use generative AI — where producing critique of a legal strategy or document has become nearly free while answering it still costs an hourly rate.

Speaker:

Jaclyn Alcantara, Hovey Williams

As an intellectual property attorney specializing in patents and trademarks, Jaclyn is passionate about protecting her clients' brands and innovations. Her practice focuses on patent prosecution, trademark and copyright registration, intellectual property (IP) due diligence, IP licensing, and IP client counseling, with a particular emphasis on clients in aerospace and composite part manufacturing. Drawing on her undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, Jaclyn also represents clients in a variety of electrical and mechanical industries (e.g., audio, agricultural equipment, medical devices, and factory robotics). She shapes comprehensive IP strategies for international corporations, start-ups, regional companies, and solo inventors, taking into consideration the unique goals and challenges they each face.

Jaclyn was a patent agent for over a decade before attending law school at UMKC School of Law, where she graduated summa cum laude in 2019. She was named on the Missouri Lawyers Media 2025 Up & Coming list and has recently appeared in episodes of the popular docuseries Make48 on Roku’s This Old House Maker’s Channel, where she lends her patent expertise to teams competing in a 48-hour invention competition. Jaclyn is a member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and a board member for the Association for Women Attorneys (AWL) in Kansas City and has written articles for Above the Law, Ingram's Magazine, and the UMKC Law Review.

This session will be submitted for 1.0 hour of CLE credit in Kansas and Missouri. CLE credit pending.

AWL Annual Holiday Party (12/01/2026)

Tue, 01 Dec 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Celebrate the season with AWL at our Annual Holiday Party on Tuesday, December 1st at Indian Hills Country Club! Join fellow members and members of the Judiciary for an evening of holiday cheer, great conversation and connection as we wrap up another wonderful year together. The AWL Annual meeting will begin promptly at 4:30 pm for the Election of Officers and Directors.

AWL Members & Judiciary: Complimentary
Non-Members & Guests: $50

Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City upcoming events

AWL's 50th Anniversary Celebration (10/16/2026)

AWL CLE: Managing Clients in the Age of AI (10/22/2026)

AWL Annual Holiday Party (12/01/2026)