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Wednesday,
March 4, 2015
Events
TONIGHT: The
Kilgore Society & Wharton Club of Philadelphia PreEstate Planning and Financial Planning for Women: Taking
Control of Your Financial Future Now
Wednesday, March 4,
2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Penn Law
Join us as our panel of estate planning and financial planning experts
discusses an array of topics critically important to women when it
comes to strategically managing wealth and planning ahead for all
manner of life events.
More information here.
New York, NY
Building Her
Powerbase: A Discussion on "Staying in the Game" with Ingrid
Busson-Hall
Wednesday, March 25,
2015, 12:00
- 1:30pm
White & Case LLP
| 1155 Avenue of the Americas
Broadcast to viewing parties in W&C offices in: Miami, Los Angeles, Silicon
Valley and Washington, D.C. The event will also
be available internationally in the London and Paris
More information here.
Webinar
Career Tools Series: Webinars for Women, Work-Life Balance
Wednesday, April 14,
2015, 12:00pm EST
Co-sponsored with the Penn Association of Alumnae.
More information here.
Job Opportunities
Queens Library, General Counsel (Queens, NY)
For more details, click here.
Philadelphia
Board of Ethics, Associate
General Counsel (Philadelphia,
PA)
For more details, click here.
Her Justice, Senior Immigration
Attorney (New
York, NY)
For more details, click here.
Perchman Law Group
PLLC, Junior
Associate (New York, NY)
Seeking an attorney with 0-3 years experience for wage/hour and
employment practice. Any interested candidates can email Louis Pechman
at info@pechmanlaw.com.
Fellowships & Awards
HIAS
Pennsylvania: Equal Justice Works/justice Americorps Legal Fellow
For immediate hire.
For more details, please click here. |
Alumnae Notes
Cindy Chen L'04
Chen recently became Senior Counsel, Corporation Transactions for
Pernod Ricard USA in New York. She formerly served as Senior
Counsel with Johnson & Johnson Corporation.
Danielle Malito
Aguirre L'02
Malito Aguirre was recently promoted to General Counsel and Senior Vice
President, Business Affairs, at National Music Publishers' Group. Previously, she was the company's Senior Vice President for Litigation
and Business Affairs.
Doha Mekki L'11
Mekki is now a Trial Attorney with the US DOJ in its Antitrust
Division. Formerly, she was an Associate with Crowell & Moring LLP in DC.
Melissa Muscat
L'06
Muscat is now a Senior Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in
NY. She was previously with Paul Hastings LLP in NYC.
Paula Salles
GL'12
Salles recently joined the Competition Law team at Demarest Advogados
in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she'll be providing advice to clients in
Brazil and abroad on administrative proceedings relating to
anticompetitive conduct, and on the submission of corporate operations
to Brazilian antitrust authorities for approval. She was an
international associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, in
Washington DC and with Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga
Advogados in Brazil before to moving to Demarest.
Linda Shi L'09
Shi was recently promoted to General Counsel of Philadelphia-based tech
startup 50onRed, where she previously served as Associate General
Counsel.
In the News
Flying the Flag for Women Lawyers (Chambers
Diversity, 2/5/15)
Whether you are a senior, junior, or mid-level lawyer there is an
inevitable clash of priorities when you are building your
career in your 30s. It's not necessarily just children but many other
demands on your time in terms of charitable and political
interests or career roles.
Read more here.
Madam C.E.O.,
Get Me a Coffee (New
York Times, 2/6/15)
Part 3 in a four
part series by Sheryl Sandberg and Wharton Prof. Adam Grant. about women in the
workplace
Studies show that professional women in business, law and science are
still expected to do ‘office housework' - bringing cupcakes,
answering phones, and taking notes. These activities don't just use
valuable time, they also cause women to miss opportunities; the person
taking diligent notes in the meeting almost never makes the killer
point.
Read more here.
6 Reasons
Professional Partnerships Are Powerful for Women (Levo League, 2/10/15)
A study on professional female partnerships demolishes many of the
myths that keep women from going into business together and highlights
some of important ways in which these partnerships combat issues such
as imposter syndrome and promote confidence, happiness, and successful
businesses.
Read more here.
All the Things
Women Could Afford if it Weren't for the Gender Pay Gap (Washington Post, 2/23/15)
Two houses, 14 cars, or 37 years of family meals: That's what the
inequality in earnings between women and men can end up costing a woman
over her lifetime, according to analysis
by the Center for American Progress.
Read more here.
Fewer Women Run
Big Companies Than Men Named John (New York Times, 3/2/15)
How thick is the glass ceiling? Fewer large companies are run by
women than by men named John, a sure indicator that the glass ceiling
remains firmly in place in corporate America.
Read more here.
Female Company
President: "I'm Sorry to All the Mothers I Worked With" (Fortune.com, 3/3/15)
There are still a lot of people like my [younger] self – they
undervalue mothers' contributions because they count hours logged in
the office and not actual work; it's time to break that cycle, and it
starts with the people doing the hiring.
Read more here.
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