Dean Melanie Leslie is the first woman dean of Cardozo Law School and a leading scholar in the trusts and estates field. Prior to being appointed dean in July 2015, she served as vice dean, overseeing the expansion of Cardozo’s curriculum, the establishment of new initiatives on technology and data law, and the FAME Center …
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Dean Kathleen Boozang has been Dean of Seton Hall Law since July 2015. Dean Boozang was initially recruited to Seton Hall in 1990 to found the Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law & Policy, one of the top health law programs in the nation. During her tenure at the school, she has also served as Vice …
While it is easy for many of us who have grown up in the United Kingdom or United States to take education for granted, an overwhelming number of children in Afghanistan, with the majority being girls, are not enrolled in school. The country has been ridden with war and conflict for decades and its view …
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Notes from the 2016 Barnard College Global Symposium – Women Changing Europe On March 18, we attended the inspiring Barnard College Global Symposium, Women Changing Europe. The symposium explored a variety of topics and panelists offered a wide range of perspectives on gender equality issues in Europe. The overarching theme was that current events in Europe …
“Who in the name of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Queen Bey wants to be a meek, chaste, timid woman?!…But I still can’t take a compliment. And neither can any of the other women I know. You know what? I don’t think we’ve been raised to do so.” That was an excerpt from Year of Yes, the …
The Health Law Litigation and Woman Advocate Committees of the American Bar Association held a roundtable discussion on January 11, 2016 on the topic of mentoring women. The panel consisted of three pairs of mentors, Wendy Weiss and Jennifer Klem from Navigant Consulting, Inc.; Laura Colombell Marshall and Amy Bowen from Hunton & Williams LLP; …
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