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Special CLE Live Seminar & Happy Hour: Women in the Profession

July 30, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 5:15 pm

SPECIAL BALC LIVE SEMINAR

“Growing into a Strong Female Force in this World: Being the Best ‘You’ for the Benefit of Your Clients”

This seminar is designed to help women lawyers grow as professionals, learning how to maintain a healthy attitude in a very stressful field.  Attendees will be provided tools to learn how to best take care of themselves for the benefit of their clients.

There will be some discussion with an esteemed panel on what steps can be taken to pursue other career paths, including judicial positions and others.  There will be an opportunity to discuss barriers to women for professional success and how to overcome them.  Finally, there will be an opportunity to hear from women who have a proven track record of networking and then to utilize those pointers in the networking reception that will follow the program.

 

Presenters:  Alexandra Milspaw, PhD, M.Ed., LPC; Karen M. Sciascia, DO; Miriam Zettlemoyer; The Honorable F.P. Kimberly McFadden; The Honorable Jeannine Turgeon; The Honorable Michele A. Varricchio; Joanne Kelhart, Esq.; Jill Kelly McComsey, Esq.; Gladys Wiles, Esq.; Candy Barr Heimbach, Esq., et al. TBD

 

2:00 – 3:15 PM:    Women’s Health and Wellness: Listening to your Body;  Signs of Heart Attack;  Women’s Health;  Mindfulness and Meditation Exercise and Quick, Healthy Meals

3:15: Break

3:30 – 5:15 PM Professional Development Panel Discussions:

(1)   Are you thinking of aspiring to public office or the bench?  Hear from some Pennsylvania judges and others who have left the practice of law about their journey and advice they might provide

(2)   Overcoming hurdles as a Professional Female to Find Success.  The panel will be asked to touch on issues that they may have had to face as a professional female, including discrimination, being treated differently, different expectations and the like.  They will provide advice to young female professionals on how to respond to different scenarios.

(3)   Tools for networking

 

Special BALC Seminar – 3 Ethics Credits

Registration: 1:30 PM;     Seminar: 2:00 PM – 5:15 PM

Immediately followed by a Happy Hour Networking Session

Tuition: $50.00 for all who attend

To Register Call Nancy @ 610.433.6401 Ext: 16

E-mail: cle@lehighbar.org

 

Details

Date:
July 30, 2015
Time:
2:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Organizer

Nancy Devers
Phone:
610-433-6401 x 16
Email:

Venue

Bar Association of Lehigh County
Phone:
610-433-6204 x 19
1114 W Walnut Street, Allentown, PA 18102 United States
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