Friday, December 11, 2015

Events

Philadelphia, PA
Inaugural Penn Law Women's Summit
March 22-24, 2016
University of Pennsylvania Law School
3501 Sansom St.
, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Earlier this week you should have received an invitation to our first-ever Penn Law Women's Summit!!  We are thrilled to have confirmed dates and some very exciting speakers and honorees, including Kilgore Award honorees Safra Catz L'86, Co-CEO of Oracle Corporation, and Hillary Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State, as well as the following Summit Award honorees: Pamela Daley L'79, former Special Advisor to the Chairman, GE; Hon. Phyllis Kravitch L'44, Senior Circuit Judge for the 11th Circuit; Amb. Melanne Verveer, Exec. Director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security and former U.S. Ambassador for Global Women's Issues; Patricia Viseur Sellers L'79, Special Advisor for Prosecution Strategies, International Criminal Court at The Hague; and Mary Jo White, Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. With an aim to educate, inspire, and connect women professionals from across the country and abroad, we plan to convene what will undoubtedly be the largest gathering of women in the history of Penn Law! 

The Summit will include: keynote speakers, remarks from our honorees from within and outside of the Penn Law alumnae community, CLE panels featuring women leaders in law, business, government, academia, and beyond discussing a wide range of substantive topics and issues, and a number of fun social and networking opportunities interspersed throughout (...including an optional group fun run down Boathouse Row and up and down the Rocky steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art - start training now!).  

Programming will begin mid-afternoon on Tuesday, March 22 through the morning of Thursday, March 24.  Come catch up with Penn Law friends and classmates, pick up CLE credits, and discuss the latest in your area of practice or interest - whether you're currently working, in transition, or retired, there's something for everyone and much to be learned from our inspiring speakers, panelists, and fellow attendees...don't miss out!  And take advantage of our
early bird pricing before January 1, 2016.

Please visit the
Women's Summit website for more information and to register!

Job Opportunities & Fellowships

Pro Bono Institute, President and CEO (Washington, DC)
For more details, click
here.

Priceline, Senior Counsel (Norwalk, CT)
For more details, click
here.

Urban Justice Center: Domestic Violence Project, Bi-lingual Staff Attorney (New York, NY)
For more details, click
here.

Urban Justice Center: Community Development Project, Staff Attorney (New York, NY)
For more details, click
here.

Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Vice President- Tax Counsel (New York, NY)
For more details, click
here.

Wilson Elser LLP, multiple Associate Attorney roles
Multiple associate positions in California and New York are available. Deadlines vary, please review each role separately.
For more details, click
here.

Stoneleigh Foundation Fellowships for Social Change (Recent Graduates, 2013-2016), (Multiple opportunities - Philadelphia, PA)
Deadlines approaching quickly, ranging from 12/28 through 1/2/16.  For more details, click
here.

Alumnae Notes

Honorable Alice Dubow L'84
Judge Dubow, who served on the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia since 2007, was recently elected to the Pennsylvania Superior Court in November, following in the footsteps of her mother, Judge Phyllis  Beck.  "Personally, this is a huge landmark for me and my family, and also for women in Pennsylvania," Judge Dubow said Tuesday night. "My mother was the first woman ever elected to Superior Court, in 1983. It's just wonderful that 30 years later the next generation of Beck women is going to serve on the Superior Court."  Read more
here.

Sarah Hughes L'18
Hughes, the 2002 Olympic Figure Skating Champion in Salt Lake City, member of the Board of Trustees for the Women's Sports Foundation, and current Penn Law 1L student, discusses how her experience as a women in athletics influenced her decision to attend law school. Read more
here.

Melissa B. Jacoby L'94
Jacoby, who is the
Graham Kenan Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, recently received two awards for her research: The Grant Gilmore Award from the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, and the Chadbourn Award from the University of North Carolina School of Law. 

Lucinda Jesson L'83
Jesson, who most recently served as Commissioner of Minnesota's Department of Human Services, was named by Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton to the Minnesota State Court of Appeals.  Prior to her appointment as DHS Commissioner, Jesson was a law professor at Hamline University, a deputy Hennepin County attorney, and deputy attorney general.  Read more
here.

Claudia Johnson L'97
Johnson, who is ProBono.net's Program Manager of Law Help Interactive, was recently interviewed by a former ProBono.net intern and Columbia University student on the union between technology innovation in public interest practice and access to justice.  Read more
here.

Gabriella Levin L'06
Levin was named Partner with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. Residing in the firm's New York office, Levin works in the Securities Litigation and Labor & Employment Litigation practice group. Levin's practice focuses on representing corporate clients in securities class actions, shareholder derivative litigation, SOX and Dodd-Frank whistleblower litigation, and employment litigation.

Priscilla (Sally) Mattison L'97
Mattison wrote an article entitled "Licensing Music for Audio-Visual Uses" which was published in the Fall 2015 issue of the Journal of the International Alliance for Women in Music. She also participated on a panel entitled "Law: Intellectual Property" at Lebanon Valley College's 11th Annual VALE Media Industries Conference.  Sally is Of Counsel to Bernard M. Resnick, Esq.

Suzanne Mayes L'91
The Business Journals featured Mayes in a recent article "It's Still a Rarity to be a Female Executive in This City", which examines the low percentage of female leaders among greater Philadelphia corporations. Mayes is a member of Cozen O'Connor's Business Law Department and Chair of the firm's Public and Project Finance Group. Read more
here.

The Honorable Deborah T. Poritz L'77
Poritz was named Monmouth University's Public Servant in Residence for the 2015-2016 academic school year. Poritz was New Jersey's First Woman Chief Justice and Attorney General, and was also the first woman to serve as New Jersey's governor's Chief Counsel in 1989.

Nicolle Strand L'13
Strand, who graduated from Penn Law with a JD/MBE in bioethics, is currently working as a research analyst at the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. Read more
here.

Vanessa Yearick L'08
Yearick joined Williams Mullen as a Senior Associate in the firm's Business and Corporate practice in Virginia Beach. Yearick joins Williams Mullen after seven years as a Corporate Finance Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York.

In the News

The Payoff for Companies with Women on Boards (Bizwomen, 12/8/15)
A new study takes a global look at how a company that has women on its board of directors translates into better business. 

Read more
here.

Boston is Offering Free Negotiation Classes to Every Women Who Works in the City (Washington Post, 11/13/15)
In Boston, where women make 83 cents for every dollar paid to men, an effort is underway to train every working woman to better negotiate her salary.

Read more
here.

GoDaddy Reveals Gender Pay Gaps at Grace Hopper Celebration (Wired, 10/14/15)
GoDaddy released one of the tech industry's most candid diversity reports in an ongoing effort to shed its reputation for sexist marketing.

Read more
here.

Dear Men: Wake Up and Smell the Inequality (The Huffington Post, 10/1/15)
Wharton professor and author Adam Grant blogs about gender inequality in the workforce and examines why some men mistakenly believe it has been eradicated.

Read more
here.

Rent the Runway Launches Accelerator Program For Women (Fast Company, 9/29/2015)
Rent the Runway is partnering with UBS's philanthropic initiative, Elevating Entrepreneurs, to launch a competition called Project Entrepreneur. Project Entrepreneur aims to help women who are in the early stages of launching a business by equipping them with the tools, advice, and investments they need to thrive in the marketplace.

Read more
here.

The Secret to Raising a Happy, Confident Girl (Parents Magazine, 10/2015)
Parent Magazine
describes ways to help your daughter grow into a well-rounded, confident individual despite society's complicated messages and the social obstacles facing her as a young girl.

Read more
here.

Five Top Tips for Women Executives Trying to Break the Glass Ceiling (Bizwomen, 10/21/2015)
CEO Gigi Stetler describes the tips she used to become a successful female entrepreneur and a game-changing businesswoman in the male-dominated industry of RV sales.

Read more
here.