Thursday, January 12 – The New York Women’s Bar Association Foundation – A Literary Benefit – Author Talk and Q&A with Helen Wan, in conversation with David Lat (Founder of Above the Law) — Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, NYC — All proceeds benefit the NYWBAF
Thursday, January 19 – Zendesk team event, San Francisco, CA
Sunday, February 5 – “From Page to Screen” Panel Event with Kate Juergens, Pamela Redmond, Danielle Roderick, and Helen Wan. 3PM EST, presented by The Writers Circle
Tuesday, February 28 – Author Interview for THE PARTNER TRACK, February 2023 Book of the Month Club Selection – WJHG, Panama City, FL NBC News On-air Book Club
Tuesday, March 7 – Keynote Address at 2023 Chevron Women’s Leadership Summit
Thursday, March 23 – University of Pennsylvania Law School “Literature & the Law” Event
Tuesday & Wednesday, March 28-29 – Recipient of 2023 Woman of Distinction Award — Coastal Bend Women Lawyers’ Association Annual Meeting, Corpus Christi, TX
Friday, March 31 – Keynote Address at 2023 Miami-Dade Bar Association Law Conference
Saturday, April 8 – Barnes & Noble, Springfield, VA, Author Event & Book Signing with Helen Wan, Author of THE PARTNER TRACK, 1PM to 4PM
Wednesday, April 26 – Northwestern Mutual and Nixon Peabody LLP proudly present “A Fireside Chat with THE PARTNER TRACK author Helen Wan” @ 1 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA, 5:30 to 8:00 PM
Thursday, April 27 – The Asian American Bar Association of SF and Covington & Burling LLP are pleased to host an Author Talk/Q&A with Helen Wan, at Salesforce Tower, 415 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, 5:00 to 7:00 PM
415 Mission St.,
Suite 5400
San Francisco
Salesforce Tower,
415 Mission St.,
Suite 5400
Thursday, May 4 – The Women’s National Democratic Club Spring Event: “Catalyzing Change through the Creative Arts: An Author Talk with Helen Wan, in conversation with Prof. Jonah Perlin (Georgetown Law)” 6:00pm to 8:00 PM, at The Whittemore House, 1526 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036
Wednesday, May 10 – Morrison & Foerster LLP 2023 Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Event
Thursday, May 11 – Mizuho USA 2023 Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Event
Sunday, May 21 – 2023 Commencement Speaker, The University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
Tuesday, May 23 – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 2023 Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Event
Wednesday, June 7 – Freshfields LLP 2023 Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Event
Classes and Workshops
Fall 2019 – Taught “Where Do I Begin? An Introduction to the Writing Life” at The Writers’ Circle, Maplewood, NJ
Spring 2018 – Taught “Fiction as Activism” at The Asian American Writers’ Workshop, NYC
Spring 2016 – Taught “Turning Your Life into Fiction: A Novel Workshop” at The Asian American Writers’ Workshop, NYC
Selected 2018 Speaking Engagements
3/5/2018 – IEX – Women’s Luncheon Speaker Series – Women & The Workplace – 4 World Trade Center, NYC
4/4/2018 – APEX for Youth – Panel Event: Asian American Representation in Media & Entertainment – 30 Rockefeller Center, NYC
4/5/2018 – Harvard Women’s Law Association Conference – The Intersection of Law, Media & The Arts – Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
5/8/2018 – Major, Lindsey & Africa and Perkins Coie present The Asian Pacific American General Counsel Roundtable – Perkins Coie LLP, NYC
5/15/2018 – The Hartford County Bar Association 2018 Annual Meeting & Dinner – Keynote Address – The Bond Ballroom, Hartford, CT
6/9/2018 – The Maplewood-South Orange Book Festival – #MeToo Panel: Fiction as Activism. Each of these authors is fighting to empower women and envision a future where no one has to say #metoo. Words Bookstore, 3:00 PM, Maplewood, NJ.
Selected 2017 Speaking Engagements
2/14/2017 – Pen Parentis Literary Salon – Panel Event: Race Relations and Cultural Identity – NYC
3/12/2017 – Columbia High School – Panel: How Women Succeed in Business by Really Trying – Maplewood, NJ
4/1/2017 – Amherst College – Keynote Address, Asian Pacific American Alumni Weekend – Amherst, MA
5/2/2017 – Prudential presents: Asian Americans in Media and Arts – Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration – Prudential – Newark, NJ
6/10/2017 – Maplewood-South Orange Book Festival – Panel: Female Novelists on Gender, Power and Activism – The Woodland, Maplewood, NJ
8/10/2017 – National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations Panel – Times Square, NYC
Selected 2015-2016 Speaking Engagements:
1/14/2015 – PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP – NYC
1/23/2015 – The U.S. Department of State – Washington, DC
2/7/2015 – Harvard Law School – Cambridge, MA
3/19-20/2015 – The University of Florida – Gainesville, FL
4/7/2015 – ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat” Talkback – BakerHostetler – NYC
4/15/2015 – The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute, Hunter College, CUNY – NYC