Event Description
Registration closes 9/28. To register after 9/28,
please email kharo@mnbars.org.
Join a panel of specialists working in EDI (Equity,
Diversity, and Inclusion), Recruiting, and Professional Development to discuss
strategies for inclusion, retention, and recruiting in the pandemic. In
particular, the panelists will cover historical trends in the legal industry
during a crisis, what happens as legal professionals start to return to work,
identifying and overcoming biases that could emerge during the pandemic,
inclusion and engagement strategies for everyone in the office or working from
home, and more. One elimination of bias credit has been applied for and is
pending.
Panelists:
Adam Brown | Director of Professional Development,
Cousineau, Waldhauser & Kieselbach
Adam Brown is an attorney
and the director of professional development at Cousineau, Waldhauser &
Kieselbach. Adam handles workers’ compensation and insurance defense matters,
and he provides individual coaching, training, and professional development
advice and guidance for the firm. Prior to starting at the firm, Adam was the
assistant director of career and professional development at the University of
St. Thomas School of Law, and he managed the externship program. Adam is
continuing to teach the advanced externship course at St. Thomas
Law.
Josephine DeAngelo | Recruiting
Assistant, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Josephine is the Recruiting Assistant at Dorsey &
Whitney LLP. She supports Lateral Partner, Lateral Associate, New Associate and
Summer Associate hiring. Dorsey’s recruiting team encourages and integrates
diverse hiring practices at all levels. Dorsey is also a member of the Minnesota
Legal Career Professionals (MnLCP), for which Josephine is on the board as the
Diversity Liaison.
Ann Jenrette-Thomas | Chief Diversity & Inclusion
Officer, Stinson LLP
Ann collaborates with firm leadership to identify
strategies to achieve the firm's goals when it comes to hiring, retaining and
advancing diverse attorneys and staff and supporting our client's diversity and
inclusion efforts. Ann oversees the implementation of the firm's
Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, taking an innovative approach when it comes
to addressing challenges within the firm and the profession relating to
diversity and inclusion.
Summra Shariff |
Executive Director, Twin Cities Diversity in Practice
When she is not walking on
frozen lakes, cooking spicy food, and spoiling her niece, Summra serves as the
Executive Director and President of Twin Cities Diversity in Practice (TCDIP).
Since taking on the position in 2018, Summra has built on the organization’s
past successes by re-energizing and revamping programming at all levels to
maximize TCDIP’s ability to attract, recruit, advance, and retain attorneys of
color in the Twin Cities.
CLE
Credits:
1.0 Elimination of Bias CLE Credit Approved |
Event Code: 324615
Cost:
HCBA Member: $0
Non-HCBA Member: $0
Law Student/New
Admittee: Free
Questions? Contact Athena Hollins | ahollins@mnbars.org
The HCBA is committed to creating an inclusive environment in which
all members can participate fully. If you need reasonable accommodations to
participate in this event, please notify ahollins@mnbars.org . Please
provide notification at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to allow sufficient
time to make arrangements for accommodations. Thank you.