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Speakers

Lawrence F. Stengel, a shareholder at Saxton & Stump, presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Association's 26th annual conference.

He participated as a panel member during the “Hostile Work Environments and Sexual Harassment” seminar, a CLE offered as a portion of the commission on women in the profession programming.

This panel discussion covered sexual harassment in the workplace, the impact of the #MeToo movement on plaintiffs and defendants, and what to expect in the future.

Panelists specifically discussed the effect on corporations, lawyers and law firms.

Members of the audience learned more about the court's response to the movement, including the Third Circuit's Workplace Fairness Task Force, the reports of harassment from the Ninth Circuit, and the repercussions of the Kavanaugh accusations and the Supreme Court's response.

Stengel was accompanied by Stephanie Gantman Kaplan, Sarah E. Pontoski and Shelley R. Smith, attorneys from the Greater Philadelphia Area.

The panel was moderated by attorney Sharon R. López.

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Events

The Philadelphia Bar Association announced it is slated to host its June quarterly meeting and luncheon from noon to 1:30 p.m. June 24 at the Bellevue Hotel.

The event is set to feature the association's annual Judge Leon A. Higginbotham Jr. Memorial public interest lecture delivered by Charisse R. Lillie, CEO of Charisse R. Lillie Consulting LLC, and the presentation of the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Diversity Award to former U.S. District

Chief Judge Petrese B. Tucker of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Seating is limited. To RSVP and for more information, contact Tom Rogers at 215-238-6345 or [email protected].

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Flaster Greenberg's Cherry Hill, New Jersey, office is set to stream the ADL Supreme Court Review 2019 live from noon to 2 p.m. July 9.

This event has been approved for 2.0 Pennsylvania CLE credits (NJ reciprocal)l.

The program is set to feature legal scholars Erwin Chemerinsky, Paul Clement, Frederick Lawrence and Dahlia Lithwick as they discuss the most important cases of the term, including the citizenship question to the 2020 census, partisan gerrymandering and religious symbols in the public square.

They will also discuss challenges to the president's executive policies in the lower courts and what to expect at the Supreme Court next year.

If interested in attending, email [email protected].

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Additions

Ward Greenberg Heller & Reidy added four law school students to the firm for the summer. Khalil Williams joins the Philadelphia office.

Haylei John, Christine Naassana and Morgan Schlossel are located in the Rochester office. Williams attends the University at Buffalo School of Law.

He was a fellow with the New York State Legal Education Opportunity Program.

As an undergraduate student, he served as an intern for the New York State Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Frauds and Protection Bureau.

Johnas was involved with the Native American Law Student Association and the American Constitution Society during her first year at Cornell Law School.

She previously interned with Columbia University.

Naassana is a rising third-year law student at the University at Buffalo School of Law. Previously, she was a judicial intern for the Judge Julio M. Fuentes of the US. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Before law school, she worked as a second-grade teacher by way of Teach for America.

As a law student, she is an executive publications editor of the Buffalo Law Review and will be a writing fellow to a first-year legal writing class.

Schlossel is set to graduate from the University at Buffalo School of Law in 2020.

During her time at law school, she served as an associate for the Buffalo Law Review and the Buffalo Environmental Law Journal.

Schlossel previously worked as a law clerk for the Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.