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Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Upcoming Events
Denver, CO
Women in
the Mix Presents the Work-Life Thrive Summit
Wednesday,
April 23, 2014 at Mile HIgh Station, Denver, CO
For more information about the event (and about this
organization, co-founded by alumnae Cindy Mahlberg L'06 and Nicole
Seawell L'96) and how to register, click here.
Philadelphia,
PA
Free
Symposium! The Fearless Women Network Presents
Harnessing
the Competitive Advantage of Greater Diversity and Inclusion by
Achieving Pay Equity
Thursday,
April 24, 2014 at The Acorn Club, 1519 Locust St.
For more information about the event and how to register, click here.
Philadelphia, PA
Kilgore
Society CLE Panel: Celebrating and Featuring Penn Law Alumnae
Entertainment
Everywhere: Licensing and Lawyering in the New Media Age
Friday, May 16,
2014 at 4:15pm at Penn Law
This (and all other reunion weekend CLE panels) is open to all -
alumni, non-alums, men, women. This year's panel is currently set to
feature the following alumnae: Stephanie Abrutyn L'91 (HBO, Inc.); Julie Fenster L'83 (Office of Julie R. Fenster LLC, formerly Time, Inc. New
Media); Marni Pedorella L'94 (NBC Universal); and Michelle Shanahan
L'91 (NPR).
For more information about the event, click here.
New York, NY
Fifth
Annual Latina Trailblazers Breakfast!
Thursday, June
19, 2014 at 8:00am at the Yale Club of New York, 50 Vanderbilt
Ave.
For more information about the event and how to register, click here. |
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Job Opportunities
Supervisory Trial
Attorney (Associate Regional Counsel for Litigation), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office
of General Counsel (Philadelphia, PA and Boston, MA)
Closing March 31. For more details about this position and
information on how to apply, click here.
Program Manager, Equality Now's Adolescent Girls' Legal Defense Fund
(New York, NY)
Closing April 1. For more details about this position and
information on how to apply, click here.
Assistant/Associate
General Counsel, Intellectual Property and Litigation, Gilt Groupe (New York, NY)
For more details about this position and
information on how to apply, click here.
Legal Counsel
II, Bayer
HealthCare (Wayne, NJ)
For more details about this position and
information on how to apply, click here.
Managing
Attorney, DC
Bar Pro Bono Program (Washington DC)
For more details about this
position and information on how to apply, click here.
Contract Drafting
Attorney, via Bliss
Lawyers (Atlanta, GA or NJ)
Please see attached PDF for more details about this position and for
information on how to apply.
Corporate Attorney (2) (Atlanta, GA and Stamford, CT) and Patent
Attorney (1) (Wilmington, DE) via Bliss Lawyers
Please see attached PDF for more details about this position and for
information on how to apply.
Counsel
(Redistricting/Voting Rights & Elections), Brennan Center for
Justice, Democracy Program (New York, NY)
For more details about this position and information on how
to apply, click here.
Counsel
(Voting),
Brennan Center for Justice,
Democracy Program (New York, NY)
For more details about this position and information on how to apply, click here.
Staff Attorney, ACLUF National Security
Project (New York, NY)
For more details about this position and information on how to apply, click here.
Executive
Director, Her Justice (New York, NY)
For more details about this position and information on how to apply, click here.
Executive Recruiting
Associate (Legal, Compliance, and Regulatory Practice), Spencer Stuart (Philadelphia, PA)
For more details about this position and information on how to apply, click here.
Civil Litigation
Associate, Tilen
& Associates, PC (White
Plains, NY)
Small but high profile litigation firm is seeking an associate with
1-5 years experience and excellent research and writing skills to
assist in handling complex and diverse litigation caseload. The firm
is centrally located in White Plains and is a fast paced and fun work
environment. The firm will consider candidates for a full or
part-time position. The successful candidate must be a self-starter
who can work independently and can think on his/her feet.
To apply, please
submit resume, cover letter, and writing sample to Jasmine Hernandez (jhernandez@tilemandcampbell.com). |
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Alumnae Notes
Nancy Bregstein
Gordon L'76: Bregstein
Gordon, currently teaching at Penn Law, was recently elected
President of the Board of CeaseFirePA, a group she co-founded that
aims to reduce gun violence in communities through a statewide
coalition of mayors, police chiefs, faith leaders, community
organizations, and individual Pennsylvanians.
Tanya Chutkan
L'87: President Obama nominated Chutkan for a seat on
the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and her
nomination is pending before the Senate. She is expected to be
confirmed by the full Senate. Read more here: Boies Schiller Partner
Posed for Confirmation as Federal Judge (Legal Times 2/25/14)
Hope
D'Oyley-Gay L'94: D'Oyley-Gay,
currently assistant GC at GlaxoSmithKline, has been named to the
board of Philadelphia VIP, a public-interest legal organization
providing representation to clients of limited means on various civil
matters, including landlord/tenant issues, mortgages, and
immigration.
Abbe Fletman
L'88: Fletman is among the group of Pennsylvania
attorneys being honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards. Click here for more information about the
award and a complete list of recipients:
The Legal's 2014 Lifetime
Achievement Award Recipients (The Legal
Intelligencer 2/10/14).
Meera Joshi
L'95: Joshi,
who formerly served as the Taxi and Limousine Commission's General
Counsel, has recently been nominated by Mayor Bill de Blasio to
return as Chairwoman of the Taxi & Limousine Commission. Her nomination must be approved by the New York City Council.
Read more here: De Blasio, Critic of Taxi
Commission, Picks Its Ex-Counsel to Lead It (The New York
Times 3/8/14).
Deborah Kaye
L'80: Kaye was recently recognized by the New York
Law Journal for her work heading BNY Mellon's successful pro
bono program.
Read more here: BNY Mellon (New York Law
Journal 3/10/14) |
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In the News
Is there a gender pay
gap? Most survey law firms wouldn't provide the data (ABA Journal 2/26/14)
The latest survey on the
progress of women in law firms shows that little has changed, though
some law firms were reluctant to provide data. |
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*As always, please send job opportunities, updates
regarding promotions, awards received, or other accomplishments of
Penn Law women, and any other relevant news items to kilgoresociety@law.upenn.edu.* |
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