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Philadelphia Business Journal Features Stradley Ronon's New Diversity Scholarship

September 01, 2016

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Chairman William R. Sasso and Partner Deborah Hong were mentioned in a Philadelphia Business Journal article featuring Stradley Ronon's newly formed diversity scholarship. The article details the initiative in which Stradley Ronon is partnering with the Barristers' Association of Philadelphia and clients InterDigital and Campbell Soup "to offer two qualified second-year law student Barristers' members a $5,000 scholarship and a paid nine-week position next summer."

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Philadelphia Business Journal Features Stradley Ronon's New Diversity Scholarship

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Deborah Hong

William R. Sasso

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