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| Schedule of Events: |
| Wednesday, March 28 |
| 6:00 p.m.. |
Dinner for planning committee and program presenters |
Smith College Museum of Art Atrium |
| 7:30 p.m.. |
Panel Discussion for Smith students(all welcome)
What You Should Know About Law
Moderator: Alice Hearst, Associate Professor of Government
Elizabeth Kase Johnson ’94, Member, Kase & Druker
Margaret (Maggie) Eaton-Salners Solis ’01, Candidate for J.D., May 2007, Western New England Law School
Karen Vinella ’98, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Justice/Federal Bureau of Investigation |
Neilson Browsing Room |
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| Thursday, March 29 |
| 11–11:45a.m. |
Shuttles from the Smith parking garage, the Hotel Northampton and the Autumn Inn to Alumnae House
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| 11 a.m.–noon |
Registration
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Alumnae House |
| Noon |
Lunch
Keynote Presentation
“A Jealous Mistress”—What’s Up With That?
“The law is a jealous mistress, and requires a long and constant courtship. It is not to be won by trifling favors, but by lavish homage.”
–Joseph Story, Dane Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Linda Chatman Thomsen ’76, Director, Law Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Alumnae House Conference Hall |
| 1:45–3:15 p.m. |
Panel Discussion
Work/Life Balance
Moderator:
Ida Offenbach Abbott ’69, Principal, Ida Abbott Consulting
Panelists:
Steffanie N. Garrett '88, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP
Karen R. Glickstein ’84, Director, Shughart Thomson & Kilroy
Priya Seshachari Sanger '86, Vice President and Senior Counsel, Wells Fargo Bank
Karen Vinella ’98, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Justice/Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Alumnae House Conference Hall
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| 3:15-3:30 p.m. |
Refreshment break |
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| 3:30–5 p.m. |
Panel Discussion
Career Paths
Moderator: Toni Grotta Wolfman ’64, Executive in Residence, Bentley College Women’s Leadership Institute
Georgia Yuan, General Counsel, Smith College
Panelists:
Leslie Carothers '64, President, Environmental Law Institute
Paula J. De Giacomo ’76, Partner, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nima Eshghi ’87, Staff Attorney, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)
Phoebe Haddon ’72, Professor of Law, Beasley School of Law, Temple University
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Alumnae House Conference Hall
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| 5:30 p.m. |
Reception
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President’s House |
| 6:30 p.m. |
Dinner
After-dinner discussion with President Carol Christ
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Smith College Club |
| 9 p .m. |
Shuttles from dinner location to the Smith parking garage, the Hotel Northampton and the Autumn Inn
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| Friday, March 30 |
| 7:30-8a.m. |
Shuttles from the Smith parking garage, the Hotel Northampton and the Autumn Inn to Alumnae House
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| 8–9 a.m. |
Breakfast
and Conversation |
Alumnae House Conference Hall |
| 9–10:30 a.m. |
Panel
Diversity and Discrimination in the Practice of Law
Moderator: Susan Badian Lindenauer ’61, Counsel to the President & Attorney-in-Chief, Legal Aid Society
Sally Katzen Dyk ’64, Educator, American Government and Public Policy, Johns Hopkins University
Kathryn Rodgers ’70, President, Legal Momentum
Nancy Laben ’83, Managing Partner, Field Operations, Legal & Commercial, Accenture
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| 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. |
Facilitated Discussions (choose one)
Ethics
Discussion facilitators:
Ernest Alleva, Lecturer, Philosophy Department
Elizabeth Spelman, Barbara Richmond 1940 Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Women’s Studies and of Philosophy
Social Responsibility and the Law
Discussion facilitator:
Alice Hearst
Kate Connelly '95, Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
Roberta Ritvo ’94, Pro Bono Manager, Piper Rudnick
Holly Fitzsimmons '71, United States Magistrate Judge, District of Connecticut U.S. District Court
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Alumnae House Conference Hall
Neilson Browsing Room |
| 1 p.m. |
Lunch
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Alumnae House Conference Hall |
| 2:30–3:45 p.m. |
Panel discussion
Reinventing the Practice of Law
Moderator:
Agnes Bundy Scanlan ’79, Counsel, Goodwin Procter LLP
Lisa Ilka Abrams ’90, Partner, Karp Heurlin Weiss
Karoline Adler ’81
Ann Alpers ’84, President and CEO, S. H. Cowell Foundation
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| 4 p.m. |
Student tea
Lawyers Answer Questions
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Alumnae House Living Room |
| 5-5:30p.m. |
Shuttles from Alumnae House to the Smith parking garage, the Hotel Northampton and the Autumn Inn
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