Deadline to Register: June 1, 2018
Corporations are focusing on inclusion and diversity and
their legal departments are as well. This session will focus on corporate law
department initiatives to attract and retain diverse in-house lawyers and
diverse outside counsel. Panelists will speak about the efforts corporate legal departments are taking to examine employment barriers (including hiring, retention, and promotion) for
lawyers of color and women lawyers. Panelists will also discuss the
diversity initiatives they are taking with respect to retention of outside
legal counsel (including the processes and data used to establish
those initiatives). We will hear about the results they are
seeing, and how they are measuring those results.
We will also hear how outside law firms are addressing these
stronger demands for diversity from corporations and discuss what steps lawyers can take
to participate in these initiatives. Panelists and participants will also have
a chance to discuss the unique challenges
of a specialty practice, such as the employee benefits practice, in attracting diverse
lawyers.
The Section will also hold their annual
meeting and elect new officers for 2018-19 during the first 10-15 minutes of the
meeting.
Lunch and registration will begin at 11:30 a.m. The
program will begin at approximately 11:45 a.m. with the Section Annual Meeting. The CLE will begin at Noon.
Panelists:
Katie Roek, Senior Lawyer,
Environmental Law, Cargill, Incorporated
John Crimmins,
Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, General Mills
Mara Kaplan, Director
Counsel, M&A; Co-Chair, Legal Affairs Diversity Action Committee, Target
Corporation
X. Kevin
Zhao, Partner, Greene Espel PLLP, Chair of the Diversity and Recruiting
Committee
Moderator:
Stacey Rice, Senior Lawyer, Employee Benefits, Cargill, Incorporated
CLE Credits:
1.0 Elimination of Bias CLE Credits approved | Event Code: 258432
Cost:
Employee Benefits Section
Member: $0.00
MSBA Member not in the Employee Benefits Section: $25.00
Non-MSBA
Member: $30.00
Law
Student: $0.00
Remote Participation:
Teleconferencing and webcasting are available. Please indicate this option when registering. Instructions will be emailed to you the week day prior to the CLE.
Want more information about
the Employee Benefits Section
?
To register with a check, please mail in this registration form.
Need to cancel? Please see our cancellation policy.
Questions? Contact Jennifer
Carter | 612-278-6309