This was the second and final in-person meeting for the 2016 Pathfinders, held October 27-29, 2016 at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, Texas.
Linked throughout the agenda below, you will find speakers' slides and handouts that were featured at the meeting. Below the agenda, you will also find contact information for the LCLD Pathfinder Program faculty who spoke at this meeting, as well as a photo gallery.
For questions about the meeting, please contact Lori Lorenzo, LCLD Program Director.
AGENDA
Thursday, October 27, 2016
10:00 - 11:00 am
Registration
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Networking Lunch Challenge
Put the networking lessons you’ve learned into action and schedule lunch with someone in Dallas—a partner from your Dallas office, a potential or current client or business partner, an LCLD Fellow, or one of your Pathfinder colleagues. If you like, meet with your Pathfinder Program Facilitator to brainstorm how to best use this opportunity, or use one of your power hours to reach out to potential lunch mates. Please note that lunch will not be served at the conference hotel; if you think you might be hungry, make sure to get your networking lunch on your calendar! For a list of restaurant suggestions, click here.
12:30 - 12:40 pm
Welcome
Lori L. Lorenzo, Program Director, LCLD
12:40 - 2:00 pm
Success Mindset (also see the Defining Success Action Sheet and the Change Your Thoughts Action Sheet)
Elise Holtzman, President, The Lawyer’s Edge
2:00 - 2:15 pm
Break
2:15 - 4:30/5:00 pm
Law Firm and In-House Workshops
- 2:15 - 4:30 pm: In-House: Being an In-House Lawyer & Case Study John Mitchell, “The Purple Coach” and Owner, KM Advisors, LLC; and Mark Roellig, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, MassMutual Financial Group; LCLD Board Member
- 2:15 - 5:00 pm: Law Firm: The Business of Law Firms & Making Partner Case Study Carrie Fletcher, Executive Director, Harvard Law School Executive Education; Ellen Dwyer, General Counsel, Crowell & Moring LLP; LCLD Board Member; Jorge Mestre, Managing Partner, Rivero Mestre LLP; LCLD Member
4:30/5:00 - 5:30 pm
Networking Break
5:30 - 7:00 pm
Welcome Reception
Friday, October 28, 2016
8:00 - 9:00 am
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15 am
The Essentials of Emotional Intelligence
Carrie Fletcher, Executive Director, Harvard Law School Executive Education
10:15 - 10:30 am
Group Photograph
10:30 - 10:45 am
Break
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
Tod B. Edel, Deputy General Counsel and Managing Director, Fannie Mae; 2015 LCLD Fellow | Yolanda C. Garcia, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP; 2013 LCLD Fellow | Tim Henderson, Chief Recruitment and Professional Development Officer, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP | James C. Ho, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; 2013 LCLD Fellow | William M. Toles, Fee, Smith, Sharp & Vitullo LLP; 2014 LCLD Fellow
12:00 - 12:30 pm
Group Work & Application
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 - 5:40 pm
Developing a Network Designed for Business Development
- 1:30 - 2:10 pm: Company “Tours” Jessyca Newman Dessing, Legal Counsel, Adobe Systems Incorporated | Brandon Mitchell, Senior Counsel–Corporate Transactions, and Uma Setty, Assistant General Counsel, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (All 2016 Pathfinders)
- 2:15 - 3:15 pm: Panel Presentation: The Ins and Outs of In-House Practice Renee Garcia, Senior Counsel, PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | Azar Koulibaly, Attorney, Microsoft Corporation | Aneesh Mehta, Attorney, Microsoft Corporation | Trace Northcross, Assistant General Counsel, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Tzung-ping Wei, Senior Counsel, Intel Corporation (All 2016 Pathfinders) | Moderated by Lori L. Lorenzo
- 3:30 - 5:00 pm: Breakout Sessions Adobe Systems Incorporated & The Clorox Company: Jessyca Newman Dessing, Legal Counsel, Adobe, 2016 Pathfinder; Lisa Konie, Senior Director of Legal Operations, Adobe; and Meagan Given, Corporate Counsel, Clorox, 2016 Pathfinder | Altria Client Services: Holly Brady, Senior Counsel, 2016 Pathfinder | Intel Corporation: Tzung-ping Wei, Senior Counsel, 2016 Pathfinder | Microsoft Corporation: Azar Koulibaly, Attorney; 2016 Pathfinder; and Aneesh Mehta, Attorney 2016 Pathfinder | Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company: Brandon Mitchell, Senior Counsel–Corporate Transactions, 2016 Pathfinder; and Uma Setty, Assistant General Counsel, 2016 Pathfinder | PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.: Renee Garcia, Senior Counsel, 2016 Pathfinder | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: Trace Northcross, Assistant General Counsel, 2016 Pathfinder
- 5:10 - 5:40 pm: Report Out Led by Lori L. Lorenzo
5:40 - 6:30 pm
Networking Break
6:30 pm
Dine-Arounds
Saturday, October 29, 2016
8:00 - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 am
Executive Presence
Chris De Santis, Specialist in Management and Organization Development
10:00 - 10:30 am
Break
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Tying It All Together
John Mitchell, “The Purple Coach” and Owner, KM Advisors, LLC
12:30 - 12:45 pm
Closing Remarks
Lori L. Lorenzo
Please see the "Resources" section below for the full agenda with session descriptions.
Pathfinders are welcome to contact faculty directly with any questions or comments relating to the material presented at the conference. Please see below for their contact information:
Chris De Santis, chris@cpdesantis.com, www.cpdesantis.com
Carrie Fletcher, cfletcher@law.harvard.edu, 617-496-2528, www.execed.law.harvard.edu
Elise Holtzman, elise@thelawyersedge.com, 908.233.2273, www.thelawyersedge.com
John Mitchell, PurpleCoach@KMAdvisors.com, 773.486.4620, www.kmadvisors.com
Photo Gallery
Photography by Jay Haas
