Wednesday,
October 1, 2014
Events
Philadelphia, PA
Kilgore Society
Coffee Hour
TOMORROW: Thursday,
October 2, 2014 @ 8:00am-9:30am
Griesing Law LLC |
1717 Arch Street, Suite
3630 (use elevator bank for floors 25-36)
Please join us for an opportunity to get to know and network with
fellow local alumnae in a highly interactive and hopefully fun
session! Many thanks to Frank Griesing L'81 and Alva Mather L'04
for facilitating and to Griesing Law LLC for their hospitality. Please see the agenda for more details and click here to RSVP if you would like to
attend.
Radnor, PA
Women in
Investing Network of Philadelphia's Fixed Income Panel
Thursday, October 9,
2014 @ 6:00pm
Haverford Trust | 3
Radnor Corp Center, Suite 450
Join the Women in Investing Network for this fixed income panel event
featuring experts (including alumna Sarah Hammer L'11) representing
top-tier asset management firms willing to share their outlook for the
bond market for the rest of 2014 and beyond. Please click here for more details and to register.
New York, NY
Kilgore Society Networking Night
Wednesday, October
22, 2014 @ 6:30pm-8:00pm
Holland & Knight
| 31 West 52nd Street
Mark your calendars - we're coming back to NYC! Get to know
fellow local alumnae for an early evening break (with refreshments!) in
a highly interactive and fairly informal session. Many thanks to Leisa
Lundy L'93 for facilitating and to Holland & Knight LLP for their
hospitality. Agenda and invite will be emailed shortly! In
the meantime, you may view the agenda and RSVP here.
Philadelphia,
PA
Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania's Expungement Clinic
Tuesday, October 28,
2014 @4:30pm-7:30pm
Norris Square
Presbyterian Church | 2140 N. Hancock St.
The Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania is looking to partner with
attorneys and firms interested in participating in an upcoming clinic
aiming to do the following: provide the Latino community with
information about the expungement process, screen residents for pro
bono representation, and assign pro bono cases to volunteer
attorneys.
Volunteer attorneys must agree to represent, on a pro bono basis, at
least one client. A two-hour training will be scheduled for a
week before the clinic, with an exact date to be announced shortly.
Please contact Will Gonzalez, Executive Director of Ceiba and President
of the Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania (will.gonzalez@ceibaphiladelphia.org)
for more information.
Job Opportunities
Her Justice, Senior Director,
Legal Services (New York, NY)
For more details and information on how to apply, please click here.
NAACP Legal
Defense & Educational Fund, Assistant Counsel (New York,
NY)
For more details and information on how to apply, please click here.
University of
Richmond School of Law, Assistant Dean for Law School Development and
Alumni Relations (Richmond, VA)
For more details and information on how to apply, please click here.
U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Third Circuit, Bankruptcy Judge (Newark, NJ)
Deadline: October 22, 2014. For more details and information on
how to apply, please click here.
Hewlett Packard, Environmental
Counsel (European Union)
Must have advanced university degree in law (eg, LLM), be appropriately
licensed in the EU, and be fluent in English. Preferred locations are
England, Barcelona, Brussels, or Geneva. No relocation necessary. For
more information about this position, please click here.
Interested candidates should contact Christina Kaba L'11 at christina.kaba@hp.com.
Morgan Lewis
& Bockius LLP, Junior
Associate (multiple openings) (Princeton, NJ)
Morgan Lewis's Princeton office is hiring junior associates (Classes of
2012-2014) in the following practice groups: General Litigation,
Employment, and Business & Finance.
For more information and to apply, please click here.
Fellowships
2015-2016 Robert
Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program
The Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program is a distinguished
transatlantic initiative that offers fifteen accomplished Americans the
opportunity to complete a comprehensive professional development
program in Germany. The Bosch Fellowship is comprised of three main
components: customized work placements, professional seminars, and
German language training.
Deadline: November 1, 2014. Must be a U.S. citizen, have a
minimum of five years of relevant, full-time work experience, and be 40
years of age or younger to apply. For more information click here.
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Alumnae Notes
Safra Catz L'86
Catz recently made the move from CFO and Co-President to Co-CEO of
Oracle, as Larry Ellison steps down. In her new role, Catz will
handle manufacturing, finance, and legal functions for the cloud
software giant. Read more.
Abbi Cohen L'83
Cohen, an Environmental Law Partner in Dechert's Philadelphia office
was recently named a new Board Member of the Public Interest Law Center
of Philadelphia. Read more.
Marla Conley
L'08
Conley, Co-Chair of the Nonprofit Organizations Practice Group and an
Associate in the Tax and Wealth Management Department at Schnader
Harrison Segal & Lewis, was chosen by the Legal Intelligencer to
receive one of its "Lawyers on the Fast Track" honors, which
recognizes outstanding young attorneys in Pennsylvania and the work
that they're doing to shape the legal profession. Read more.
Rachel Levick
C'10 L'13
Levick recently celebrated her marriage in Washington DC, and her
wedding story was featured in a Washington Post On Love column. Read more.
Ilana Eisenstein
L'04
Eisenstein, formerly serving in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the
District of Delaware, recently moved to a new role as Assistant to the
U.S. Solicitor General in the U.S. Solicitor General's Office.
In the News
Women Find a Way Back Into Big Law Careers (The
National Law Journal 9/29/14)
With one-third of OnRamp Fellowship participants belonging to minority
groups, the program represents a small step toward changing the
perception that major law firms are not places where women or
minorities thrive. Read more.
Cornell
University Names Its First Female President (Business Insider 9/30/14)
Following in the footsteps of our alma mater Penn (which counts
outstanding female leaders among both its current and most recent university presidents) and
other Ivies, Cornell University yesterday named political law expert
Elizabeth Garrett, currently the USC Provost, Vice President for
Acadamic Affairs, and Frances R. and John J. Duggan Professor in the
USC Gould School of Law, as its next President. When Garrett
takes over in 2015, half of the Ivy League universities will be led by
women. Read more.
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