pamela daley l’79 remarks at penn law women's summit

8/18/2019 Pamela Daley L’79 remarks at Penn Law Women's Summit

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Thank you Amy, thank you Ted.

Delighted to be honored here today with such a

distinguished group of women.

Delighted to be here with my great friend, Jami Wintz

Mceon, chair of my former law firm Morgan !ewis,

which is co"sponsoring this e#ent

" Jami is the first woman chair of Morgan !ewis bythe way

Delighted also by the presence of my belo#ed

goddaughter $ %lare &ozos

" %lare is an honors graduate of the !aw 'chool

and an Assistant (' Attorney downtown

" %lare is the daughter of my best friend from the

!aw 'chool, Alfy &utnam, who preceded me as

editor"in"chief of the !aw )e#iew

" *e taught me e#erything + know about politics $

which is a tiny fraction of what he knows

Delighted by the presence of so many friends, including

my young friend atie aldwin %ramer, atie is a second

year JD-MA student and a !e#y 'cholar $ a

scholarship for gifted students $ the same wonderful


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man who ga#e us this magnificent conference center.

This award is particularly meaningful to me $ because

the !aw 'chool is so meaningful to me.

This institution $ and college pales by comparison $

contributed the most to any success + may ha#e had.

ecause here + learned $ among many other things/

To delight in and aspire to true e0pertise

To always be prepared $ preferably a bit ahead

To remain poised e#en when terrified, angry, or under

fire

To analyze e#erything with a relentless, hypercritical

mind $ to tease out e#ery issue $ and to sweat e#en the

small ones

To spend twice as much time thinking and organizing my

thoughts as writing them down or speaking about them

To simplify a comple0 problem into a clear solution and

an e#en clearer e0planation


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To organize a seemingly impossible workload into

discrete steps, prioritize them, and accomplish them one

at a time

To read with e0treme care . . . to listen with e#en more

care . . . to write and edit with e01uisite care

To think in solitude . . . but sol#e comple0 problems in

teams

To #alue personal and professional relationships and

work hard to maintain them

And to recognize the importance of gi#ing back to the

!aw 'chool $ whether financially or with my time $ asgenerously as possible $ and more to the !aw 'chool $

to &enn $ than to any other organization

'o thank you again for this award. ut as + hope you

can tell, + ha#e already been rewarded $ many times

o#er $ by my e0perience here at the !aw 'chool.

pamela daley l’79 remarks at penn law women's summit

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