February 21/Web+NYC: #Diversity & Inclusion in Law Practice 2013 #MCLE

The challenges of creating an inclusive work environment remain great. At this year’s annual program, a renowned faculty of practitioners, in-house counsel, and diversity directors and professionals will discuss the continuing new developments in diversity and best practices for achieving a diverse workplace.
What you will learn:

• The legal landscape: recent legal developments that impact diversity, including discussion of Fisher v. Texas, LGBT concerns, and immigration issues
• Inclusion strategies update:  Is there anything new?  Next steps to advancing a diverse and inclusive organization and reinvigorating your strategies - a look at practical and effective approaches and tools
• Diversity and inclusion in the current environment:  Are we making progress?  What do the actual metrics show ? A look at the status of diversity initiatives today and how they fit in the current legal and business landscapes. 
• The corporate perspective on diversity and inclusion: what are the expectations and requirements for outside counsel; how can in-house counsel promote diversity?

Who should attend:
This program will be of great interest to all attorneys concerned about issues of inclusion in the workplace, including partners and associates, in-house counsel, diversity directors, and attorneys working in the government or nonprofit environments.
Title:
Diversity & Inclusion in Law Practice 2013
When/Where:
1:45 PM Eastern
February 21, 2013
New York, NY
Also Webcast
Speakers:

• Theresa D. Cropper ~ Chief Diversity Officer, Perkins Coie LLP
• Parisa Karaahmet ~ Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
• Richard Meade ~ V.P., Chief Legal Officer - International, Prudential
• Mona Papillon ~ Senior Attorney - Advisor, EEOC
• Nate Saint-Victor ~ Vice President, Legal and Compliance Division, Morgan Stanley
• Professor Theodore M. Shaw ~ Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; Of Counsel, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.;, Former Director-Counsel & President, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
• Neal M. Suggs ~ Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation
• Claudia A. Withers ~ Chief Operating Officer, EEOC
• Sandra S. Yamate ~ Chief Executive Officer, The Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession
• Co-Chairs: 
• Anna L. Brown ~ Special Attorney/Director of Diversity, Shearman & Sterling LLP
• Lorraine S. McGowen ~ Partner and Chair/Diversity Initiatives, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
• Program Attorney: Janet L. Siegel ~ Practising Law Institute

Credits:  
3.25 General Credits in Many Jurisdictions
By:
Practising Law Institute

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