Calendar / Events

Refund/Cancellation Policy: Requests for refunds for cancellation of registration fees for IILP programs must be submitted in writing at least 10 business days prior to the date of the event. These requests will be processed within 60 days after the program. Registration fees paid for any programs solely presented and cancelled by IILP will be refunded within 90 days.

Upcoming events

    • 25 Mar 2024
    • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
    • Webinar
    Register

    The late comedienne Joan Rivers was well-known for her catchphrase, “Can we talk?” It grounded her approach to comedy as it opened the door for her to ask—and get honest answers—to uncomfortable questions. Today, when misinformation is rife and rampant, the chance to have an open and honest conversation is particularly valuable.

    For those of us in the legal profession we spend a lot of time hearing from corporate general counsel, large law firm partners, judges, and government officials about diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”). It’s important to know what these individuals who are in leadership roles think about and are doing to advance DEI. Too often in our enthusiasm, however, we overlook what those in the DEI trenches are doing, thinking, and the direction in which they are leading. That’s to our own (and to our DEI efforts’) detriment.

    So, in recognition of Women’s History Month, we asked Monica D. Dula, “Can we talk?”

    On her LinkedIn profile, Monica is listed as a Public Defender. True, but there’s so much more to her than just those two words: Monica spent years championing the community as a legal aid lawyer. She has also served as a member of the Community Board in Manhattan, and as the Vice President of Membership and Chair of the Women Lawyers Division for the National Bar Association. And, most importantly, as anyone who knows Monica will attest, Monica is someone who has always had her finger on the pulse of the Black community, especially Black women, and has never shied away from speaking her mind. Be forewarned that Monica bravely says what needs to be said and not everyone likes or is comfortable with her opinions. She’s not trying to offend or provoke but to simply speak her truth. But over the years, we’ve heard from so many people, especially Black women, that they LOVE what Monica has to say even if they aren’t quite ready to say the same things publicly. To us, that meant it’s time to give a broader audience a chance to hear Monica, to be challenged by her, and to consider viewpoints that she and many other Black people share but often don’t get to say beyond like-minded groups.

    Join IILP for an in-depth, no holds barred conversation about what a lawyer who leads DEI from the trenches is thinking, saying, and doing. This is your chance to learn from Monica D. Dula, someone who is by, of, and above all, for the Community. Monica D. Dula, can we talk?

    * * *

    The program is being offered free of charge to all lawyers and staff for IILP’s Visionary Partners, Partners, and Allies. Unsure if your firm/company supports IILP? Find out here.

    The program is open to the public.

    Questions/Contact: info@theiilp.com.

    • 17 Apr 2024
    • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (EDT)
    • Webinar
    Register

    The legal profession remains one of the least diverse professions in our country. That’s problematic considering the roles and responsibilities of lawyers, and expectations for the justice system. Why does the United States generally, and the legal profession specifically, continue to encounter challenges to achieving diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) success? Why do so many lawyers and judges seem unable to recognize the inherent value in DEI efforts, or assume it’s someone else’s responsibility, or resist, even oppose, those efforts? It’s too easy (and irresponsible) to write them off as adversaries or with other pejoratives.

    Instead, consider how we Americans are educated, and how our national identity is shaped. Ours is a society in which the textbooks that provided our earliest glimpses into the wider world and offered context for the world in which we were growing up, also inculcated values that even in their most benign form propagated values and attitudes that remain with us throughout our lives. Later, as thinking and reasoning adults and trained lawyers, these values manifest in our individual implicit biases and the societal and social values that we tend to label as “normal” and “American” without recognizing the limitations on that worldview of normalcy. For the legal profession to recognize and address its implicit biases, it helps to understand their sources.

    Harvard historian Donald Yacovone researched American history textbooks from 1800 to the 1980s and the ways in which Black people were depicted. He has thoroughly documented how textbooks disseminated an ideology of White supremacy/Black inferiority that manifests its impact to the present day. His research adds a fascinating new dimension to understanding compelling sources of biases against Black people and is essential reading for understanding our current social crisis.

    Book Cover:Teaching White SupremacyJoin us for the next installment of IILP's From Imagery to Reality Webinar Series for a thought-provoking presentation by, and conversation with Donald Yacovone, Ph.D., the former Manager of Research and Program Development at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University, the 2013 W.E.B. Du Bois Medalist, and a recipient, along with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction. He is the author of Teaching White Supremacy: America’s Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity and co-author (with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.) of The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross. 

    In this webinar, we will explore how American textbooks have created a foundation for bias against African Americans and other people of color and new efforts to correct that. Dr. Yacovone will be interviewed by IILP Board Member Sharon E. Jones. Then we’ll hear from a panel of DEI leaders in law firms and corporations about how they might use Dr. Yacovone’s research in their efforts to foster greater understanding about and support for DEI efforts in their organizations.

    • Donald Yacovone, Lifetime Associate, Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Harvard University
    • Sharon E. Jones, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer and Partner, Haynes and Boone LLP

    Panel:

    • Kimya S.P. Johnson, Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer and Principal, Jackson Lewis LLP
    • Barrington Lopez, Vice President and Area General Counsel, Verizon Wireless (Ret.)
    • Nikki Lewis Simon, Shareholder and Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, Greenberg Traurig LLP
    • Peter Wilson, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP

    Autographed books available for a suggested gift of $30.

    * * *

    The program is being offered at a discounted rate to all lawyers and staff for IILP’s Visionary Partners, Partners, and Allies. Unsure if your firm/company supports IILP? Find out here.

    The program is open to the public.

    Questions/Contact: info@theiilp.com.

    • 23 Apr 2024
    • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
    • Webinar
    Register

    The late, great Kobe Bryant was celebrated for being a Girl Dad. The National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations (“NCWBA”) recognizes GOOD Guys. And the National Association of Women Lawyers (“NAWL”) honors men who “Lead By Example.” Men no longer need to model themselves on negative forms of masculinity to be respected, admired, even loved. But separating some facets of traditional masculinity from others and choosing to model a better version of masculinity can be challenging and, sometimes, very hard. When done successfully, though, the result can be a richer, more satisfying, more gratifying, better, and happier life for the man himself and everyone in his life.

    It's time, therefore, for male attorneys to stop acquiescing to a model of masculinity that undermines them and their effectiveness as lawyers. It’s time for male attorneys to embrace a version of manhood that allows them to thrive individually and contribute to more inclusive workplace cultures.

    Book cover for Reinventing Masculinity: The Liberating Power of Compassion and ConnectionWe invite you to join us for a webinar on Reinventing Masculinity in the Law. The webinar is the culmination of a pilot program based on the book, Reinventing Masculinity: The Liberating Power of Compassion and Connection by Edward Adams and Ed Frauenheim. The webinar will be facilitated by Ed Frauenheim, Dr. Ellen Ostrow, a coach and consultant focused on wellbeing and inclusion in the legal profession, and Dr. Jonathan W. Kanter, Director of the Center for the Science of Social Connection at the University of Washington.

    During this virtual event, Ed, Dr. Ostrow, and Dr. Kanter will discuss key themes on the topic of masculinity and inclusion in the law. They also will facilitate discussion with male attorneys who have spent two months practicing a set of research-backed behaviors to evolve as men.

    Join us and learn more about how we reinvent masculinity in the law.

    Key Takeaways from the Webinar:

    • How a conventional, “confined” versions of manhood contributes to a hyper-masculine legal profession looks down on vulnerability, lionizes rugged individualism and obsesses over winning.
    • The ways a “liberating” masculinity enables men and everyone around them to thrive at work and beyond.
    • How reinventing masculinity in the law can lead to happier, healthier male attorneys and a better, more inclusive legal profession.
    * * *

    The program is being offered at a discounted rate to all lawyers and staff for IILP’s Visionary Partners, Partners, and Allies. Unsure if your firm/company supports IILP? Find out here.

    The program is open to the public.

    Questions/Contact: info@theiilp.com.

Past events

15 Mar 2024 The Collective Power of Women in the Legal Profession
28 Feb 2024 Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race? A Conversation with Keith Boykin
17 Nov 2023 Native American History and Heritage Through a Lens of Law
27 Oct 2023 Why We Should Ask; Why We Should Tell: Disability Diversity in the Legal Profession
19 Oct 2023 We Are Here: Living and Lawyering Bisexuality
02 Oct 2023 Hispanic Heritage Month: The Journey Toward Equity and Inclusion
22 Jun 2023 Toward an Ever More Supportive, Accepting, and Loving Parenthood: Being a Better Parent to Our LGBTQ+ Children
02 May 2023 Illuminating the Legacy: The Coram Nobis Cases and the Ongoing Fight for Asian American Civil Rights
29 Mar 2023 Am I A "White Woman?": A Conversation for Women
27 Feb 2023 An Interview with Bestselling Children's Author and Publisher Wade Hudson
15 Sep 2022 From Financial Services Green to DEI Gold: DEI in the Financial Services Industry
02 Aug 2022 A Virtual Summit on IILP's New Report, "Diverse Outside Counsel: Who’s Getting the Business?"
13 Jul 2022 SPECIAL PREVIEW PRESENTATION for IILP Visionary Partners, Partners, and Allies of IILP's newest report, "Diverse Outside Counsel: Who’s Getting the Business?"
23 Jun 2022 From Imagery to Reality: The Heroine in Literature, Life, Law, and the Legal Profession
13 Oct 2021 From Imagery to Reality: "The Birth of a Nation" to #BLM and the Implications for DEI Efforts
12 Jan 2021 Deconstructing Systemic Racial Bias in the Legal Profession
18 Dec 2020 Silver Linings: New Career & Educational Opportunities in Legal Academia
02 Dec 2020 Inclusion & Diversity for the Legal Profession in Continental Europe: What Corporate In-House Counsel Want to Know
09 Nov 2020 Is It Time for You to Get a Coach?
03 Apr 2020 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession - San Diego
05 Mar 2020 GOOD Guys (Birmingham)
04 Mar 2020 GOOD Guys (London)
03 Mar 2020 Lawyers & Legal Professionals of Asian Ancestry: Achieving Professional Success When You’re a Racial Minority
21 Nov 2019 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession - Silicon Valley
23 Oct 2019 Is ROI the Appropriate Measure for D&I?
14 Oct 2019 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession - Denver
10 Oct 2019 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession - Cincinnati
23 Aug 2019 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
05 Jun 2019 Gender Diversity for a New Generation in a Global Legal Profession – UK and US Perspectives
26 Apr 2019 Work Allocation as a D&I Strategy - NYC
25 Apr 2019 Work Allocation as a D&I Strategy - DC
25 Apr 2019 Work Allocation as a D&I Strategy - Boston
24 Apr 2019 Work Allocation as a D&I Strategy - Chicago
23 Apr 2019 Work Allocation as a D&I Strategy - Los Angeles
02 Apr 2019 Indian Law and Native American Issues
04 Dec 2018 Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession: Exchanging Ideas, Sharing Experiences, and Developing a Strategy for Europe
07 Nov 2018 Diversity and Data Privacy in the Digital World
23 Oct 2018 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
09 Oct 2018 The Diversity Ops Center: Diversity and Inclusion in Global Corporate Law Departments and Law Firms – Infrastructure to Effect Change
15 Aug 2018 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
29 Jun 2018 (copy) The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
21 Jun 2018 Diversity and Data Privacy in the Digital World
14 Nov 2017 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
26 Oct 2017 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
25 Oct 2017 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
05 Jun 2017 Diversity and Inclusion in the Latin America Legal Profession
25 Jun 2015 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Dallas)
24 Jun 2015 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Houston)
22 Jun 2015 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Charlotte)
14 Apr 2015 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
01 Apr 2015 TO BE RESCHEDULED: The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Charlotte)
17 Mar 2015 The Diversity Ops Center: Opinions, Operations, and Opposition
17 Nov 2014 Rules of the Game
03 Sep 2014 LGBT Lawyers in the UK: What Lawyers in a Global Legal Profession Need to Know
15 Jul 2014 Women and Minorities: Willing Partners or Reluctant Allies?
17 Apr 2014 Under Colour of Law: Race and Ethnicity Within the Legal Profession (London)
27 Mar 2014 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (San Diego)
03 Dec 2013 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Chicago)
19 Nov 2013 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (New York)
13 Nov 2013 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Washington, D.C.)
25 Oct 2013 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Seattle)
23 Oct 2013 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Dallas)
22 Oct 2013 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Houston)
17 Oct 2013 Anglo-American Symposium on Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
16 Oct 2013 Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Beyond London and New York
08 Oct 2013 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Los Angeles)
02 Oct 2013 The Ethics of Diversity and the Politics of Inclusion (New York Reception Only)
02 Oct 2013 The Ethics of Diversity and the Politics of Inclusion (New York Program and Reception)
11 Apr 2012 Diversity and Inclusion in St. Louis
26 Oct 2011 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
04 Oct 2011 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
21 Sep 2011 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
20 Sep 2011 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
09 Sep 2011 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
07 Sep 2011 The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
19 Jul 2011 The Business Case for Diversity: Reality or Wishful Thinking?
24 Feb 2011 Professionalism in Practice
08 Dec 2010 Law Firm Diversity & Inclusion Communication Policies, Protocols and Systems
01 Dec 2010 Meet the In-House Counsel as we Introduce IILP to the New York Legal Community
06 Aug 2010 Del Monte Pledge to the Profession Reception
15 Jun 2010 Meet the In-House Counsel as We Launch the Institute
01 Apr 2010 Professionalism in Practice - Judge Shadowing
04 Mar 2010 Professionalism in Practice


   
Copyright 2013 - 2020 • The Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession • Privacy Policy
Powered by Wild Apricot Membership Software