Ginsburg Initiative Panel Discussion: The Caregiver Penalty

Oct 18, 2023 - 08:00am

Approved for 1 Hour of CLE Ethics Credit

As part of its Ginsburg Initiative, the Center for Women in Law will host a virtual panel discussion to discuss the caregiver penalty and what legal employers can do to address and remedy the issue in their places of employment. Although advances have been made, the pandemic made clear that women continue to be primarily responsible for child and family care. The panel will discuss research and data about the caregiver penalty, what this means for the state of the legal profession, and what leaders in the profession can do to promote gender equity in the legal workplace.

Read Dr. Budig’s Paper on the Motherhood Penalty and Fatherhood Bonus HERE.

Michelle Budig

Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Michelle J. Budig, PhD, is Senior Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs and Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Michelle Browning Coughlin

Founder, Mothers Esquire; Assistant Professor, Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase School of Law

Michelle Browning Coughlin (pronounced "Cog-lin") is an assistant professor of law at NKU Salmon P. Chase College of Law, teaching Property Law, Women & the Law, and various Intellectual Property courses.

Juanita Harris

AVP, Senior Legal Counsel of Labor & Employment, DIRECTV

With a legal career spanning over 25 years, Juanita Harris is a veteran corporate attorney currently serving as Assistant Vice President and Senior Legal Counsel to Human Resources at DIRECTV.

Veronica (“Ronnye”) Vargas Stidvent

Executive Director

Veronica “Ronnye” Stidvent is the Executive Director of the Center for Women in Law at The University of Texas at Austin. Previously, she was the Chancellor of Western Governors University – Texas. She also served as Head of Education and Training at Dimensional Fund Advisors, as a le