Friday,
August 1, 2014
Alumnae Notes
Allison Dale Burroughs L'88
President Obama has nominated Burroughs,
currently a partner at Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP in Boston, to
serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of
Massachusetts. She previously served as an Assistant U.S.
Attorney (in both the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and later in the
District of Massachusetts) and began her career as a law clerk for
fellow alumna Judge Norma Shapiro L'51 in the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania.
Carla Crawford
L'05
Crawford, currently Associate General Counsel at Sotheby's, recently married
and had her wedding covered by the New York Times,
in a story that discusses how the "Ivy-educated, corporate lawyer
from Manhattan" met her now-spouse in Panama while she was
traveling with friends and he was working for the Peace Corps.
Fran Griesing
L'81
The law firm founded by Griesing in 2010, Griesing Law, LLC, has been
named a finalist in both the " Law
Firm of the Year" and " Service Firm of the Year" awards categories for Philadelphia SmartCEO's Power Player Awards.
Griesing and her firm will be profiled in the September/October issue
of SmartCEO magazine prior to the awards presentation on September 11,
2014 at the National Museum of American Jewish History.
Michele Marshall
Mathes L'71
Mathes, currently the Development Coordinator of the Pennsylvania
Senior Medical Patrol Project and an Adjunct Faculty member lecturing
in the areas of health law, ethics, and human rights at Drexel
University and St. Joseph's University, co-authored the recently
published Nurse's Law:
Legal Questions and Answers for the Practicing Nurse, a
guide that examines legal issues including scope of practice, informed
consent, negligence, and confidentiality.
Laura Sparks
L'04
Sparks was named Executive Director of the William Penn
Foundation, Philadelphia's largest foundation, with a focus
on improving the quality of life in the Greater Philadelphia region
through efforts that include closing the achievement gap for low-income
children, ensuring a sustainable environment, and advancing
philanthropy. She previously served as the chief philanthropy
officer for the William Penn Foundation.
Karen Knox
Valihura L'88
Valihura, a longtime partner in Skadden's Wilmington office, was recently confirmed and sworn in as a Delaware
Supreme Court Justice, making her only the second woman ever
to sit on the Delaware Supreme Court. Her Class of 1988 Penn Law
classmate and Chief Justice Leo Strine lauded Valihura and her
confirmation, stating "Don't let her kind and soft-spoken demeanor
fool you. Karen's tough." Another fellow
soft-spoken-but-tough female jurist, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, also
sent along a letter of congratulations that was read during Valihura's
swearing in ceremony.
ThaoMee Xiong
L'05
ThaoMee recently received the 2014 Leaders in Public Policy Award in
the Public Policy Achievement category. She and her fellow honorees
were selected by a bi-partisan panel for the significant contributions
they've made toward Minnesota's political, public policy, or civic
environment during the state's current fiscal year and 2014 legislative
session. Read more about Xiong and her instrumental work in helping
Homes for All Alliance secure $100 million in new money for affordable
housing here.
Job Opportunities
Local
Initiatives Support Corporation, Executive Director (New York, NY)
For more details and information on how to apply, please click here.
Florida Public
Policy Institute, Founding Executive Director (Florida - requiring
substantial time in Tallahassee)
For more details and information on how to apply, please click here.
NYC Law
Department's Office of the Corporation Counsel, Assistant
Corporation Counsel, Office of the Counsel to the Mayor (New York, NY)
Two positions available. For more details and information on how
to apply, please click here.
University of
Pennsylvania Law School (Philadelphia, PA)
For more details about the following positions and information on how
to apply, please click the links below:
Fellowships
USAID Democracy
Fellows and Grants Program (Washington, DC)
Deadline: Tuesday, August 5, 2014. For more details on the
following two fellowships and information on how to apply, please click
the links below:
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In the News
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Interview with Katie Couric (Yahoo!
News 7/31/14)
In a rare interview, the Supreme Court justice discusses
life on the bench, her Hobby
Lobby dissent, her thoughts about
retirement, and more. Click here for the full interview.
Ruth Bader
Ginsburg Digs That Whole Notorious R.B.G. Thing (Washington Post, 7.31.14)
Relatedly, RBG's thoughts on her new status as a pop culture figure can
be found here. The Tumblr website that
launched the Notorious R.B.G. meme can be found here. (The nickname is a play on
the stage name of this late entertainer.)
What's Behind
the Arrests of Mothers for Leaving Their Children Unattended? (U.S. News & World Report, 7.31.14)
"Escalating punishment of poor and low-income mothers is really
blaming them for the risks their children face instead of tackling the
institutional and systemic failures in terms of taking of
children" says jointly-appointed Penn/Penn Law faculty member
Dorothy Roberts, the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and
Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor
of Civil Rights. Read the full article here.
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