Associate Dean Donna Gerson will be a presenter at the Professional Development Institute in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 2.

Gerson, who leads the Career Strategies Office, will take part in a discussion of Business Etiquette for Lawyers and Law Students.  She will join Leah Fisher, legal professional development manager at Bryan Cave LLP on the panel.

Gerson is the author of “Choosing Smart: Job Search Strategies for Lawyers in the Small Firm Market,” which is in its third edition.  The second edition of “The Modern Rules of Business Etiquette,” which she co-authored with David Gerson, was published in 2014 by ABA Publishing.

She is a member of the Forum of Executive Women, an organization of more than 400 executives in the Greater Philadelphia Region working to expand the impact and influence of women leaders in the area.