Friday, April 11, 2014
Upcoming Events
Philadelphia, PA
Portrait
Unveiling Ceremony at Penn Law: Carolyn E. Temin L'58
University
of Pennsylvania Law School – The Clock
Wednesday,
April 23, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Join Penn Law School and the Kilgore Society in honoring one of our
distinguished alumnae, the Honorable Carolyn E. Temin, FA'55 L'58.
Judge Temin's portrait will be formally unveiled at this event,
followed by a wine and cheese reception and a ceremony acknowledging
her role as a trailblazing leader among women lawyers and judges, and
her contributions to the justice system and legal profession
throughout her ongoing career. If you'd like to attend,
please RSVP directly to Dori Pavel at dpavel@law.upenn.edu.
Healthy Cities:
Healthy Women - The Global Future Symposium
Thursday, May
15, 2014 at The Hyatt at the Bellevue, 200 South Broad Street
Penn Nursing and Penn's Institute for Urban Research present the next
event in the Healthy
Cities: Healthy Women conference series. This symposium
will feature experts, practitioners, and activists speaking on issues
affecting the health of women living in cities worldwide.
Click here for
more information about the events, and click here to
register.
New York, NY
JPMorgan
Chase Legal ReEntry Program Kickoff Reception
Wednesday, May
14, 2014 from 6-8pm at JPMorgan Chase Tower, 270 Park Ave., 2nd Floor
As recently announced, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has partnered with
Penn Law and Columbia Law School to offer an exciting opportunity for
alumnae of our schools. The ReEntry program is designed to assist
experienced attorneys who have taken time off from the practice of
law reintegrate into the legal workforce.
*Please
note: Participation in the ReEntry Program and
tkickoff event is limited
to interested applicants who have been out of the workforce for a minimum
of two years. Please click here to
register for the Kickoff Reception. |
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Job Opportunities
Legal Counsel -
Corporate Contracts and Litigation Support, Wawa Inc. (Wawa, PA)
For more details about this position and
information on how to apply, click here.
Professional
Development Manager/Director, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
Wharton & Garrison LLP (New York, NY)
For more details about this position and
information on how to apply, click here.
Senior
Regional Recruiting Manager, Baker & McKenzie
(Chicago, IL)
For more details about this position and
information on how to apply, click here.
Bilingual
Spanish-Speaking Staff Attorney - Educational Rights of Immigrant Families, Advocates
for Children of New York (New York, NY)
For more details about this position and
information on how to apply, click here.
Staff Attorney, The
Family Center, Department of Legal Services (New York, NY)
For more details about this position and
information on how to apply, click here. |
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Alumnae Notes
Jill Bronson L'79,
Cathy Carr L'79, Linda Galante L'79, Fran Griesing L'81, and Jannie
Lau L'02: Congratulations
to the multiple Penn
Law alumnae who have been included in The Legal Intelligencer's Women of
the Year list! The honorees were chosen for the positive affect their
work has had on the legal profession in Pennsylvania. Click here for
the article and a full list of this year's honorees.
Jill Bronson L'79: Bronson, partner-in-charge of Drinker Biddle & Reath
LLP's office, was recently profiled by Law360's Female Powerbrokers
Q&A series. Click here for
the article.
Yael Citro
L'01: Citro, Co-founder and General Counsel of
LawPal, Inc., was recently featured on the ABA Journal's cover story
on women in legal technology. The article, which notes that "women are leading some of the
most interesting and influential companies and concepts in legal
technology, from electronic discovery and online patent management to
computational law and cloud-based workflow management for attorneys" discusses how Citro's company seeks to improve
attorney efficiency by automating workflow through a suite of
tools. Click here for
the article.
Jennifer
Rosato L'87: Rosato was recently interviewed by the Chicago Tribune and
recognized for her work the Dean of the Northern Illinois University
College of Law. Click here for
the article. |
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In the News
Women Rising as In House
Counsels (Washington Post,
3/23/14)
Women are rising faster in the ranks of corporate legal departments
than they are at large law firms.
Moving Past Gender
Barriers to Negotiate a Raise (The
New York Times 3/24/14)
Discrimination persists in
the workplace and it isn't necessarily intentional or overt, experts
on gender and negotiation say.
Women Justice Rock the
Hobby Lobby Argument (The New Yorker 3/25/14)
Does the right to
contraceptives trump the right to religious freedom? There was little
doubt where the Court's female Justices stood.
Women are Squarely in the
Picture Where Law & Technology Combine (ABA
Journal, April 1, 2014)
Today, more women are leading some of the most interesting and
influential companies and concepts in legal technology, from
electronic discovery and online patent management to computational
law and cloud-based workflow management for attorneys (featuring
alumna Yael
Citro L'01).
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