The National Lawyers Guild (NLG), Immigration and Human Rights Committee, and the Sheller Center for Social Justice recently hosted a two-part event focused on workers’ rights, especially undocumented workers. The first day featured a screening of the documentary The Hand That Feeds. On the second day, a panel discussion focused on issues raised by the film and facing low-wage workers generally.
Professor Jonathan Lipson is the Harold E. Kohn Professor of Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law where he teaches Contracts, Bankruptcy, and Transactional Skills.
Kelly D. Eckel is a commercial litigator and Hiring Partner at Duane Morris LLP in Philadelphia. Ms. Eckel graduated from Temple Law, where she was Managing Editor of the Temple Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Honor Society. She is also a graduate of Harvard College. Ms. Eckel recently spoke with Temple Law Review about her time at Temple Law, her legal career, and her family.
Earlier this spring, the Media and Communications Law Society hosted a discussion on the impact of the Philadelphia Inquirer’s recently-announced corporate/nonprofit restructuring, which allows it to claim tax-exempt status without the restrictions of a tax-exempt organization. This panel featured Richard Fox, a partner at Dilworth Paxson; Benjamin Bolas, an associate at Dilworth Paxson; and David Boardman who is Dean of the School of Media and Communication at Temple University and a board member for the Institute of Journalism and New Media.
Temple Law’s chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (Worker’s Rights Committee) recently hosted a panel discussing employment law in an age where short term “gigs” are a mainstream source of income. The panel included Professor Brishen Rogers and Professor Ken Jacobsen from Temple Law, as well as Professor Leora Eisenstadt from Temple’s Fox School of Business.
Registration for the Temple Law Review Alumni Reception is now open. The reception will take place on May 11th at 6:30 p.m. in Shusterman Hall. Temple Law Review will be handing out its Alumni Award of Merit to John Langel, former chairman of the Litigation Department at Ballard Spahr and a case/note editor on the Temple Law Review. TLR will also be honoring this year’s Staff Editor of the Year and awarding the J. Howard Reber Memorial Awards for Editing and Writing to two Editorial Board members.
Samar Aryani-Sabet is currently a research editor for Temple Law Review. Her Comment, “Battered Iranian Immigrant Women and the Ineffectiveness of the U.S. Antiviolence Remedies,” was published in our winter issue. In this interview, Samar discusses her Comment, her original research for it, and her conclusions.
Temple Law recently hosted a panel discussion co-sponsored by the Federalist Society and the American Constitution Society. The event featured the Honorable David R. Strawbridge, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and his career law clerk, Ms. Maren Reichert.
Temple Law recently held the Herbert F. Kolsby Distinguished Lecture in Trial Advocacy. The lecture is named in honor of Herbert Kolsby, LAW ‘51, who was a legendary Philadelphia trial lawyer and the inaugural director—now director emeritus—of the Master’s in Trial Advocacy program at Temple Law. The lecture was delivered by Thomas J. Duffy, LAW ’81. Mr. Duffy is the founding partner of Duffy + Partners, a Philadelphia firm focused on helping victims of catastrophic injuries. Mr. Duffy titled his lecture, “Important Lessons Never Taught in Law School.”
Preregistration for the Temple Law Review Alumni Reception is now open. The reception will take place on May 11th at 6:30 p.m. in Shusterman Hall. Alumni and current members of Temple Law Review can preregister at http://ow.ly/Zk2xd.