Thursday,
April 2, 2015
Events
New York, NY
Volunteer
Opportunity - The NYC Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs
Attorneys needed
to help give free legal screenings
Sunday, April 12,
2015, 12:00pm - 5:00pm
1 East 65th Street (between 5th Ave & Madison Ave)
More information here. See postcard advertising the
event here.
New York, NY
New York City
Bar's Committee on Women in the Legal Profession's Women in IP
Breakfast Series - Hot Topics in Privacy
Tuesday, April 14,
2015, 8:30am - 9:30am
42 West 44th Street
More information here. (link to flyer here)
Denver, CO
The Colorado
Ivy+ Women's Group and the HBS Club of Colorado Invite You
EMPOWER YOURSELF
- Strength, Knowledge and Self-Defense for Women
Tuesday, April 14,
2015, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
The Kent Denver
Dining Hall (4000 E. Quincy Ave., Englewood, CO 80113)
More information here.
Wilmington, DE
Fearless Women
Network's 2nd Annual Symposium
Tuesday, April 21,
2015, 8:30am - 2:00pm
Young Conaway
Stargatt & Taylor, LLP (1000 N King St, Rodney Square, Wilmington,
DE 19801)
The Fearless Women Network, co-founded by Mary Ann Mullaney and Sheryl
L. Axelrod, partners in The Axelrod Firm, PC, is a non-profit dedicated
to shattering glass ceilings and obliterating unequal pay. The FWN is
pleased to invite you -- as well as your colleagues and clients --
to save the date to join us for our Second Annual Symposium,
"Harnessing the Competitive Advantage of Greater Diversity and
Inclusion by Achieving Pay Equity" .
More information here.
Philadelphia,
PA
DirectWomen's
Philadelphia Event: Breaking into the Board Room: It's Time
Wednesday, April 29,
2015, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Ballard Spahr LLP
(1735 Market St., 48th Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19103)
Join DirectWomen for a unique evening of networking and
information sharing where you will hear from a distinguished panel of
General Counsel and current board members. The panelists will share
their insights into how board members are chosen and how you can best
position yourself to serve on a corporate board. The program will also
focus on how GCs can work with their CEOs and Boards to increase gender
diversity in the boardroom.
More information here.
PAST EVENT:
Video Recording Available (3/4 Wharton/Kilgore Program on Estate & Financial Planning for Women)
Click here to watch.
Job Opportunities
The School
District of Philadelphia, Assistant General Counsel (multiple
positions open) (Philadelphia,
PA)
Deadline: TOMORROW, Wednesday, April 3, 2015. For more details,
click here.
City of
Philadelphia Law Department, Attorney, Appeals and
Legislation Unit (Philadelphia,
PA)
Two openings available. For more details, click here.
Littler
Mendelson LLP, Associate (New
York, NY)
For more details, click here.
State Farm
Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Investment Counsel
(Finance/Real Estate) (Bloomington, IL)
For more details, visit State Farm's Career site and search for
the job opening ID 52332.
Hispanic
Scholarship Fund, Chief
Development Officer (New York, NY)
For more details, click here.
Mayor's Office
of Appointments, Executive
Director for Mayoral Commission on Women's Issues (New York, NY)
For more details, click here.
National Center
for Youth Law, Executive
Director (Oakland, CA)
For more details, click here.
Sanctuary for
Families, Senior
Staff Attorney (New
York, NY)
For more details, click here.
Mexican American
Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), Staff Attorney (San Antonio,
TX)
For more details, click here.
U.S. District
Court for the Eastern District of New York, Clerkship (New York, NY)
Deadline: TOMORROW, Wednesday, April 3, 2015. This position
reports to the Hon. Dora L. Irizarry and beings in June 2015. For more
details, click here.
Bronx County
Criminal Court, Court
Attorney to the Hon. Mary V. Rosado (Bronx, NY)
The Hon. Mary V. Rosado is currently accepting applications for a Court
Attorney position in her Chambers at Bronx County Criminal
Court. The ideal candidate has excellent research and writing
skills, great analytical skills, and is highly motivated. Criminal law background is preferred. Interested candidates should
contact Shantal D. Sparks, Esq. at shsparks@nycourts.gov
Pace University
School of Law, Immigration
Justice Clinic Legal Intern (White Plains, NY)
For more details, click here.
Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Arbitrator Candidates (multiple locations)
NOTE: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A SECURITIES LAWYER TO APPLY. FINRA
is looking to increase diversity in its mediator pool. FINRA is
seeking smart, fair-minded professionals with five years of
experience. You do get paid, although minimally, and the
commitment is limited. This would be a way to gain some experience in
another area of the law and mediate/arbitrate disputes.
For more details, click here.
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Alumnae Notes
Abby Bar-Lev L'13
Bar-Lev, a Legal Fellow at the National Women's Law Center in
Washington, DC, recently blogged about testifying in the Maryland House
on behalf of women's issues
Read more here.
Marcia D.
Greenberger C'67 L'70
Greenberger, founder and co-president of the National Women's Law
Center in Washington, DC , was named a 2015 inductee to the National Women's
Hall of Fame.
Read more here.
Judith Kennedy
L'87
Kennedy, the current Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts, was recently honored
as a distinguished alumna of her hometown high school with her
induction into the Lynn Classical High School Hall of Fame.
Read more here.
Jana Landon L'99
Landon, Co-founder and Chairwoman of Stradley Ronon's E-Discovery team
and resident in the firm's Philadelphia office, recently authored an
article in the Legal Intelligencer entitled A Company's Data Breach Obligations: The Anthem
Example.
Read more here.
Jennifer Rosato
Perea L'87
Rosato Pera, currently the Dean of Northern Illinois University College
of Law, was recently named as Dean of DePaul University College of Law
in Chicago, IL.
Read more here.
In the News
How Men Can Succeed in the Boardroom and the Bedroom (New
York Times, 3/5/15)
It's easy to see how women benefit from equality - more leadership
positions, better pay at work, and more support at home. But the
surprising truth is that equality is good for men too.
Read more here.
Why I Failed to
Advocate for Women: Confessions of an Ignorant Man (LinkedIn Pulse, 3/5/15)
Many men don't go to bat for women because they're blind to gender
bias.
Read more here.
Why It's
Impossible for Companies to Advance Women (Fortune, 3/19/15)
Hillary Clinton's "No Ceilings" report reveals truths behind
workplace gender inequities, but are corporations listening?
Read more here.
Female-Run
Venture Capital Funds Alter the Status Quo
(New York Times,
4/2/15)
In addition to having significant investing or operations experience,
the women offer a broader and more diverse network for recruiting and
finding new start-ups and an understanding of female consumers, who are
often the dominant users of new products.
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