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Upcoming events

    • 02 Oct 2023
    • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (EDT)
    • Webinar
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    Given the way some politicians and pundits talk about the Hispanic community and the way the news media covers issues in the community, it is understandable that many Americans perceive Hispanics only as new arrivals, migrants, and immigrants. And some are. But Hispanics have a long history in what is now the United States. Moreover, that history is replete with instances where the law was used to the detriment of this community and resulted in many of the disparities Hispanics in the US face today. Join us for “Hispanic Heritage Month: The Journey Toward Equity and Inclusion.” This webinar will feature a historic overview of Hispanic history in the US through a lens of law.

    Confirmed Speakers:

    • Nora Garrote, Partner, Venable LLP (Ret.)
    • Mario E. Martinez, Associate, Haug Partners
    • Rick Ramirez, Founder, Richmond, Austin & Co. and RE Ramirez Law PLLC  
    • Alan Dorantes, Senior Corporate Counsel, T-Mobile USA Inc.

    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.

    • 11 Oct 2023
    • 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM (PDT)
    • Palo Alto Networks, 3000 Tannery Way, Building 3, Santa Clara, CA 95054
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    DEI for the Law Department That is Ready for Real Change. Now.

    Client Support for the DEI Efforts of Small and Mid-Size Law Firms and Smaller Offices of Larger Law Firms in the Current Environment

    If:

    • DEI is a core value of your company and something you personally value,
    • You wonder whether DEI is truly under siege and how to navigate in the current climate,
    • You and your law department work with small and mid-size law firms or the smaller offices of large law firms which are not as diverse as you (and they) might like,
    • You’d like to meaningfully (and within the mandates of the law) help and support these law firms to achieve their DEI objectives, and
    • You are interested in proven strategies that will help your organization’s DEI work

    This program is for you.

    The recent Supreme Court term and subsequent events have left many feeling that DEI is under siege and wondering what they and their companies may still do to advance DEI goals. For those who feel that DEI success in the legal profession must be driven by corporate clients, that puts a lot of pressure on companies to get it right. For others who believe that DEI achievement is a law firm’s own business in which firms can succeed (or not) and deal with any consequences, companies might wonder what is or is not permissible, wise, and legal in assessing the DEI efforts of outside counsel.

    The reality? We remind ourselves that DEI success is not merely a feel-good exercise or a manifestation of some political viewpoints. In a country in which, generation by generation, we see greater diversity there is an ever-increasing business imperative for greater DEI in our corporate law departments and the law firms upon whose services and advice we rely. There is already an abundant amount of research documenting how diverse teams get better results. We owe our companies and shareholders the best results and DEI is integral to our ability to do so. Therefore, it has become critical that we persist and move beyond old and convenient excuses for decades of DEI underachievement.

    Join the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession (“IILP”) and a group of corporate law department leaders who 1) want to understand the law and current legal state around DEI and 2) are ready to pursue and implement intentional strategies that are especially relevant for small and mid-size law firms and the smaller offices of large law firms. Learn how to drive these firms to implement innovative and impactful DEI efforts and deliver on their DEI objectives in ways that remain legal.

    Host Committee:

    • Bruce R. Byrd, Executive Vice President/General Counsel, Palo Alto Networks (Chair)
    • Rob Mobassaly, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Juniper Networks (Co-Chair)
    • Marilyn McClure-Demers, Vice President, Associate General Counsel Corporate Litigation & Discovery Management, Nationwide
    • Chester Te, General Counsel, Jiko Technologies

    Speakers:

    • Kim Amrine, Kim Amrine Consulting LLC
    • Jennifer C. Bailey, Shareholder, Erise
    • Bruce R. Byrd, Executive Vice President/General Counsel, Palo Alto Networks
    • Linda Chanow, Chief Operating Officer, IILP
    • Susan Eandi, Chair, North America Employment and Compensation Practice Group, Baker & McKenzie LLP
    • Pamela Enslen Chapman, Executive Director, California LAW Pathways
    • Erica Kelley, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Palo Alto Networks
    • Nathalie Le Ngoc, Sr. Managing Counsel, Visa
    • Marilyn McClure-Demers, Vice President, Associate General Counsel Corporate Litigation & Discovery Management, Nationwide
    • Sarretta McDonough, Associate General Counsel, Antitrust and Commercial Litigation, Intel Corporation
    • Rob Mobassaly, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Juniper Networks
    • Caren Ulrich Stacy, CEO, Diversity Lab
    • Michael Terry, Partner, Bondurant Mixon & Elmore
    • Mark Tratos, Founding Shareholder, Las Vegas Office, Greenberg Traurig
    • Hillary Weingast, Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Corporate Social Responsibility and Inclusion and Diversity, Juniper Networks, Inc.

    Sponsorship Opportunities are available. 

    Email Info@TheIILP.com for more information.

    The program is for in-house counsel only. There is no charge for in-house counsel to attend this program but donations to support our mission and work are always appreciated.

    Questions/Contact: info@theiilp.com.


    Thank you to our sponsors:


    Please Note: This program is intended to cover important topics that require both candor and sensitivity. It will NOT be recorded. We understand that not everyone who is interested in the subject will be able to attend and might wish to view it remotely, or, at a later date. Recording the program, however, is not conducive to creating a space where the participants will feel that they can speak and ask questions candidly. Furthermore, all participants are requested to observe Chatham House Rules: please refrain from recording any parts of the program or reporting on what any other participant might ask or say. Participants are welcome to share their own thoughts or comments or topics that were discussed or statements made provided there is NO attribution to anyone.



    • 19 Oct 2023
    • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM (EDT)
    • Webinar
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    We rattle off “LGBTQ+” and various other iterations of these initials to describe the distinctions within the queer community. Often, we do so almost as a reflex, without considering what each of those letters stands for, what each means, and who are the people each one seeks to describe. As a result, it becomes easy to focus on some while marginalizing others. The bi+ community is one such group that often gets overlooked while people focus on those who are gay, lesbian, or trans. The bi+ community is also one about which many lack understanding or harbor prejudices and biases rooted in inaccurate stereotypes and misperceptions.

    As part of our LGBTQ+ History Month observations, the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession (“IILP”) invites you to join us for a discussion examining bi+ identity and issues and what we can all do to ensure that LGBTQ+ truly includes “B.” 

    Confirmed speakers:

    • Judge Mike Jacobs, DeKalb County, Georgia
    • Nikki Marcotte, Associate, Tabet DiVito & Rothstein LLC
    • Judge and Professor Ann E. Tweedy, Professor of Law at University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law and Associate Judge, Suquamish Court of Appeals
    • Sarah Warbelow, Vice President, Legal, Human Rights Campaign
    • Bendita Malakia, Director, Diversity & Engagement at O’Melveny & Myers and Founder & C-Suite JEDI Advisor and Coach at Malakia Group 

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    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.

    • 27 Oct 2023
    • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
    • Webinar
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    When we talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) in the legal profession, we include disability diversity, but we tend not to do a lot about it. Indeed, too few of us know who qualifies as having a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”)! Instead, we remain in blissful ignorance, failing to take meaningful actions to increase disability diversity for a variety of excuses, including:

    • The numbers of people with disabilities in the legal profession seem too small. (Untrue)
    • Accommodating the needs of people with disabilities is cost prohibitive. (Untrue)
    • We want to support people with disabilities, but we don’t truly believe that they can perform up to the same levels as others in our profession. (SO untrue)

    As a result, employment opportunities for people with disabilities are unduly limited. Many people with invisible disabilities avoid disclosing their disabilities or asking for reasonable accommodations for fear of triggering anti-disability biases, both explicit and implicit, that will inhibit their opportunities for employment, advancement and promotion.

    Much of this inaction is compounded by people’s fears about diversity etiquette. What may I ask a person with a disability about their disability? When is it appropriate to offer assistance? These fears, combined with ignorance about the kinds of tools and resources available to people with disabilities that allows them to perform their jobs just as well, if not better, than their peers, stifle disability diversity in the profession.

    The bottom line is that society generally, and the legal profession specifically, suffer when we fail to embrace disability diversity. Employers miss out on talented employees, lawyers with disabilities lose opportunities and the legal profession suffers.

    In honor of Disability Employment Awareness Month, the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession (“IILP”) is pleased to present this webinar in which we will explore:

    • Who is protected under the ADA (it may be you!)
    • Disability etiquette and how to avoid being insensitive or offensive to people with disabilities.
    • The tools and resources that enable people with disabilities to perform their jobs within the legal profession.
    • The ways in which employers in the legal profession are addressing disability diversity to gain competitive advantages.

    If you’ve ever wanted to be a better ally to or upstander for colleagues and co-workers with disabilities but weren’t sure how, this is the program for you!

    Panelists:

    • Ben Lumicao, Director, Business Law & Compliance, Allstate Insurance Company (Moderator)
    • Andrés Gallegos, Partner, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.
    • Mark Goldstein, Partner, Reed Smith
    • Angela Winfield, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Law School Admission Council

    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 Nov 2023
    • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM (EST)
    • Webinar
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    DEI efforts in the legal profession are supposed to help address underrepresentation and marginalization. Even in the DEI arena, however, it can be too easy to overlook, ignore, and further marginalize already marginalized groups. Native Americans know that all too well. Despite the length of time Native Americans have lived in North America, they remain a group that all too many people know little or nothing about. Within the legal profession it’s not uncommon for DEI programs and efforts to exclude Native Americans. If we intend to embrace DEI fully and genuinely, then as a profession it behooves us to learn about Native Americans not merely as a quaint or exotic or interesting group, but a group whose history has been shaped by the application of law resulting in the denial justice. Join the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession for an intergenerational examination of highlights in Native American legal history.

    Confirmed Speakers:

    • Lawrence Baca, Former President, National Native American Bar Association
    • Lauren van Schilfgaarde, Assistant Professor, UCLA School of Law
    • Linda Benally, Corporate Attorney, Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
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    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.

Past events

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


   
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