Professional Development Day | October 14, 2024
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 |
| 4pm | Keynote speaker Hon. Martin C. Carlson, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, will address professionalism and ethics. |
| 5pm | Tevis D. Bryant, Ed.D., Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, and Kianna Bowles, DEI Support Specialist and Assessment Coordinator, Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, will present on implicit bias in law school and the legal profession. |
| 6pm | Stephanie S. Libhart, Executive Director, Pennsylvania IOLTA Board, and Thomas J. Farrell, Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, will talk about the functions of the IOLTA and Disciplinary Boards. |
| 7pm | In a special session for 3RD and 4ED students only, Jessica Holst, Lead Character and Fitness Investigator, Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners, will discuss the 2025 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 2025 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].