Philadelphia Bar Association's summer quarterly meeting, on June 20, 2024. From left, the panelists are: Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court President Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer; Pennsylvania Superior Court President Judge Anne E. Lazarus; Chief Justice of Pennsylvania Debra Todd; Philadelphia Bar Chancellor Jennifer Coatsworth; Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas President Judge Nina Wright Padilla; U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon; Jacqueline Romero, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Credit: Philadelphia Bar Association/Tommy Leonardi 'Recover, Reflect, Retool and Retry': Lessons From Women Atop Pa. Legal Community
The top jurists on the three statewide appellate courts joined the president judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and a U.S. congresswoman at the Philadelphia Bar Association's quarterly meeting.
June 24, 2024 at 04:19 PM
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What You Need to Know
- The Philadelphia Bar Association's summer quarterly event brought together a host of women leaders in the law to honor the recipients of three awards.
- The event, which culminated in a panel of six women leaders in the Pennsylvania legal community, highlighted the diversity of the state's judiciary and offered advice to others looking to lead.
Women shaping the Philadelphia and broader Pennsylvania legal landscape—as jurists, prosecutors and politicians—discussed lessons for leadership at last week's Philadelphia Bar Association quarterly meeting.
The meeting, hosted at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, also honored Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young partner and Philadelphia Bar Association Diversity Chair Danielle Banks, who received the 2024 Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Award, former Philadelphia Family Pride executive director Stephanie Haynes, who received the 2024 Cheryl Ingram Advocate for Justice Award, as well as a group of local law students who received awards for their pro bono work.
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