Attached please find a complete schedule, including names of the speakers and lecturers. This summer, about 45 students, ranging in age from 20 to 70, are enrolled. Many plan to run for office in the near future. Others are interested in professionally managing campaigns. Students hail from 18 different states as well as Canada, Trinidad, Haiti, Austria and Kenya.
Faculty members are professional political consultants or women who have held elected office.
Started in 1993 as an independent, non-profit organization, WCS has trained over 400 women, many of whom now hold elective office or are major players in local and state politics. The program is co-sponsored by Yale Law School and the Women's Studies Program at Yale.