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Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Upcoming
Events
New
York, NY
Law & Reorder Quarterly Event: "Happiness for
Lawyers" with Special Guest Gretchen Rubin
Thursday, June 26, 2014, 12:00 - 2:00pm (note: webcast also
available)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 601 Lexington Avenue, New York NY
Deborah Epstein Henry (a former litigator and now president of
FlexTime Lawyers LLC and an internationally recognized expert,
consultant and public speaker on workplace restructuring, talent
management, work/life balance, and the retention and promotion of
lawyers with a focus on women) will be speaking on the topic of
happiness for lawyers together with former lawyer and bestselling
author of The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin. Lunch
and an autographed copy of Rubin's Happiness at Home will be
provided for all in-person attendees. Due to anticipated
oversubscription of the live event, a webcast will also be made
available.
Please click here to
learn more and to RSVP for this event.
Chicago, IL
Kilgore Coffee Hour
Friday, July 18, 2014, 8:30am - 10:00am
Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP
54 West Hubbard St., Suite 300, Chicago, IL
We're coming to the Windy City! A special thanks to Katherine
Minarik L'06 for facilitating and to Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar
& Scott LLP for hosting. Invite and agenda to come shortly
– please keep an eye out and help spread the word in the Chicagoland
area!
Potential next stops for Kilgore coffee hours across the country: San
Francisco and Miami - please let us know if you are interested in
attending or hosting.
Online - anywhere!
True Grit and a Growth Mindset: The Secrets of Success for Women
Lawyers
Thursday, June 19, 2014, 1:00pm - 2:30pm EST
The
ABA Commission on Women in the Profession presents this online panel
program educating participants on the science behind two
characteristics - grit and a growth mindset - that many successful
women attorneys have in common, often above other measures such
as IQ or class rank.
Click here for more information and to register. |
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Job Opportunities
Legal Momentum, The Women's Legal Defense and
Education Fund, Legal Director (New
York, NY)
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis through June
30, 2014. For more details about this position and
information on how to apply, click here.
Accountability Counsel, Policy
Director (Washington, D.C.)
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, with an estimated start
date of August 2014. For more details about this position and
information on how to apply, click here.
AXA Equitable, Senior
Director & Counsel - Technology and Intellectual Property (New
York, NY)
For more details about this position and information on how to apply, click
here.
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, Attorney-in-Charge (Yonkers, NY)
For more details about this position and information on how to apply, click here.
Fellowship
Penn Law/Human Rights
First, Ace Rule of Law
Fellowship (New York, NY or
Washington, D.C.)
Deadline: September 30, 2014. Fellowship open to Penn Law
alumni from the Classes of 2012, 2013, and 2014. For more details
about this position and information on how to apply, click here. |
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Announcements
Twitter
We are pleased to announce that the Kilgore Society is now on
Twitter! Follow us and share items on Twitter @PennLawKilgore.
(We also have a few photos up on Twitter from our recent Kilgore
Career Challenges & Changes Panel here at Penn Law – an excellent
program with terrific panelists and guests!)
OnRamp 2014-2015 Fellows
The inaugural 2014-2015 fellows for the OnRamp Fellowship fellows
have been selected. Read more about these returning female attorneys here.
Kilgore/Penn Law Women's
Association Mentoring Program
Thank you to all who took the time to
complete a survey and participate! Hopefully you and your student
mentees have had a chance to connect - and don't forget that all
alumni, current students, and admitted students are invited to our
upcoming all-Penn Law summer happy hours across the country, a good
opportunity to get together or meet up in person with assigned
mentees in your region!
L.A.W.S. - Law Admissions Workshop Series
Admissions deans from the country's top law schools, including our
own Randi Garnick L'90, Director of Admissions here at Penn Law, will
be participating in this new series focused on providing prospective
applicants with information about legal education, the legal
profession, and preparing for the process of applying to law
school. Workshops will be held in DC, NYC, Chicago, and LA from
mid- July through early August. Please feel free to share with
your networks! Click here for
more information. |
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Alumnae Notes
Wendy Beetlestone L'93: Beetlestone, currently a shareholder at
Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, where she is Chair of
the firm's Education Law Group, was recently nominated by President
Obama to serve as a U.S. District Court judge in the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania. Read more here.
Margaret Burnham L'69: Burnham, a member of the faculty and founder of the Civil Rights and
Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern Law, was recognized by
Harvard Law School Professor Randall
Kennedy in his speech at Northeastern Law's commencement. Prof.
Kennedy urged young law graduates to find inspiration from her
distinguished career. Read more here.
Tanya Chutkan L'87: More news from the federal
bench! Chutkan, currently a partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner, was unanimously confirmed as a federal judge by the U.S.
Senate on June 4, 2014. She will serve on the U.S. District
Court for the District of Columbia. Read more here.
Jennifer Evans Stacey L'89: Evans
Stacey was recently appointed Senior Vice President, General Counsel,
Human Resources and Secretary at Antares Pharma, Inc. Read more here.
Joanna Visser Adjoian L'10: Visser
Adjoian, currently the Associate
Director and Staff Attorney for Penn Law's Toll Public Interest
Center, will be moving onto exciting new challenges outside of the
law school. She was recently awarded a fellowship from Echoing
Green's Black Male Achievement Program (in partnership with the Open
Society Institute) to launch the Youth Sentencing & Reentry
Project in Philadelphia, a new non-profit that she co-founded. Read more about her new role and nonprofit here.
Congratulations to all! |
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In the News
Another Factor Said to
Sway Judges to Rule for Women's Rights: A Daughter (New
York Times, 6.16.14)
Judges with daughters are 7% more likely to support women's rights
than judges with only sons. According to a new study, this
effect is most pronounced among male judges appointed by Republican
presidents.
GoDaddy Prepares to Go
Ahead with IPO (InsideCounsel.com, 6.16.14)
In its earlier days, Internet hosting and web domain company GoDaddy
Inc. raised its profile with ads featuring attractive women; now
several women attorneys - including Penn Law's own Nima Kelly L'87, General
Counsel for GoDaddy - are playing key roles in making sure the
company is attractive to stockholders as GoDaddy prepares to go
public.
Do Race or Gender
Matter More to Your Paycheck? (Harvard Business Review,
6.10.14)
Dr. Deborah Ashton, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer for
Novant Health, sets out to explore the wage gaps and find out.
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