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
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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.
