Professionalism Programming

About The Center on Professionalism

Penn Law’s Center on Professionalism responds to evolving trends in the legal market and offers original programming that focuses directly on the skills legal employers seek in today’s law graduates.  Through general professionalism programming, targeted skill development workshops and a series of practice skills exploration opportunities, COP supports your professional development from the beginning of 1L year through graduation and beyond.  COP programming compliments doctrinal, clinical, and Legal Practice Skills education, and prepares students to enter the profession as skilled attorneys who are ready to provide exceptional client service from day one.

This event is by invitation only.

Penn Law alumni will meet and welcome the newest members of the Penn Law community, the incoming class of 2022, during Penn Law’s annual Professionalism Day Networking Reception on Monday, September 23rd, 2019.

They will share experiences and lessons learned with our newest Penn Law students. The reception, which will include cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, will begin at 5:15 p.m. at the Law School.

If you have any questions please email professionalism@law.upenn.edu .

Penn Law’s Center on Professionalism is pleased to offer to LL.M. students the opportunity to learn the basics of Microsoft Excel.  Microsoft Office expert Craig Brody will introduce students to the most frequently used applications of this powerful software.

Please sign up to participate only if you know with all reasonable certainty that you will be able to participate.  Thank you in advance for your professional courtesy!

A skilled lawyer should be familiar and comfortable with Microsoft Excel.  While many professionals know the basics of Excel, an effective professional should understand how to harness the power of this ubiquitous office application.  Excel expert Craig Brody will guide students through essential Excel commands in this comprehensive interactive workshop! 

This program is eligible to count toward the Center on Professionalism Certificate in Technology.

Penn Law’s Center on Professionalism is pleased to offer LL.M. students the opportunity to continue to learn Microsoft Excel. Microsoft Office expert Craig Brody will take your Excel skills to the next level.

More details to come!

Building on the Excel skills taught in Excel Fundamentals, this workshop facilitated by Craig Brody, will further advance student Excel competencies. Students who have participated in Excel Fundamentals can continue pursuing the Center on Professionalism Certificate in Technology.

Please join the Center on Professionalism and Craig Brody for the first technology session of the spring semester…Advanced Word for the Legal Professional.

Document Drafting for the Transactional Attorney: 3:00PM - 5:00PM

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to format and complete a professional License Agreement.

You will learn how to:

• Format Text and Paragraphs (Numbering, Spacing, Indents, Tabs)
• Apply and Modify Styles
• Insert Page Numbering, Cross References and Footnotes
• Apply Track Changes and Insert Comments
• Remove Confidential Information; Create Template, Save as PDF
• Use Many Word Shortcuts and Timesavers
   

This program is a part of the Center on Professionalism’s Certificate in Technology.

Please join the Center on Professionalism and Craig Brody for the first technology session of the spring semester…Advanced Word for the Legal Professional.

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to format and complete a professional brief.

You will learn how to:

• Format Documents: Font, Paragraph, Layout, Styles
• Create a Pleading Template with Table
• Number Pages; Work with Section Breaks and Footers
• Insert Table of Contents and Table of Authorities
• Remove Confidential Information Before Saving as PDF
• Use Shortcuts and Timesavers

 

This program is a part of the Center on Professionalism’s Certificate in Technology.

More details to come!

More details to come!

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Join the Center on Professionalism in this Certificate in Technology session.

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Join Center on Professionalism for the final session of the year for the Certificate in Technology.

Working effectively with PDF documents, is a major part of any developing lawyer’s work and is critical in  electronic filing, retrieval, and publishing of legal documents. Effective use of PDFs can help reduce lawyers become more organized and efficient.   In this hands-on workshop, learn how to view, create, edit, combine, bates number, redact and run other commands using Adobe Acrobat software.

More details to come!

More details to come!