Professional Development Day | October 13, 2025
Professional Development Day (PDD) information, including session descriptions and times, can be found below or in the corresponding PDF. A Zoom link will be provided.
PDD Schedule and Speaker Information (PDF)
| Time | Speaker |
| 4:00-5:00 pm | Keynote speaker, Kristen B. Hamilton, ‘05, President, Pennsylvania Bar Association; The Law Office of Matthew Militello, P.C., will address professionalism and ethics. |
| 5:00-5:50 pm | Brooke Meckler, Community Engagement Director, Equal Justice Works, will speak on public interest work, including EJW programming, and the professional duty to provide pro bono service. |
| 6:00-7:00 pm | Tevis D. Bryant, Ed.D, Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Pennsylvania Bar Association, and Kianna Bowles, Specialist, Investor Relations, The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia, will present “Whose Law is it Anyway”, focusing on the intersection of DEI and laws / legislation. |
| 7:00-8:00 pm | *For 3RD and 4ED students only, Jessica Holst, Lead Character and Fitness Investigator, Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners, will discuss the 2026 bar exam and application process. |
Important Information
All students must attend 3 hours of programming from 4 – 7pm (4EDs who have been ED students all 4 years do not need to attend but are welcome to do so).
All graduating students must also attend the special session from 7 – 8pm as it pertains to the 2026 bar exam.
Each session will be 50 minutes with a 10 minute break in between sessions.
Registration is not required.
PDD will again be completely virtual this year. A zoom link will be sent out closer to the event. Just as attorneys are required to attend CLE courses in their entirety to earn full credit, students are required to attend all PDD sessions in their entirety to earn the credits. Business attire is required and cameras must be on.
Questions? Contact Dean Antos at [email protected].