A group of 2017 Pathfinders during a session. (Photo by Wilma Jackson)
This second, and final, in-person meeting for 2017 Pathfinders took place Thursday, November 2, through Saturday, November 4, 2017, at the Washington, D.C. office of Crowell & Moring LLP, located at 1001 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, D.C.
See the links in the agenda for resources from the meeting.
For questions about this meeting, please contact Lori Lorenzo, Program Director, LCLD. For technical assistance with accessing any links below, please contact Jessica Sabesan, Communications & Marketing Manager, LCLD.
Agenda
Thursday, November 2, 2017
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Registration
12:00 - 12:30 pm
Welcome
Lori L. Lorenzo, Program Director, LCLD
12:30 - 1:45 pm
Networking Lunch: Meet Your Colleagues
1:45 - 3:00 pm
Language of Confidence: From Head to Toe
Brent Baer, Learning & Organizational Development Expert, President & Owner, Baer Essentials
3:00 - 3:30 pm
Networking Break
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Law Firm & In-House Workshops
- Law Firm: The Business of Law Firms & Making Partner Case Study, Carrie Fletcher, Affiliate Instructor, Harvard Law School Executive Education; Ellen Dwyer, General Counsel, Crowell & Moring LLP; LCLD Board Member
- In-House: Being an In-House Lawyer & Case Study, John Mitchell, “The Purple Coach” and Owner, KM Advisors, LLC; Matthew Lepore, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, BASF Corporation; LCLD Member
5:00 - 6:00 pm
Networking Break
6:00 - 8:30 pm
Networking Outing at Madame Tussauds Washington, D.C.
Please use the 10th Street entrance.
Friday, November 3, 2017
8:30 - 9:00 am
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15 am
Can You Really Bring Your Whole Self to Work?
Neonu Jewell, Managing Director; Mitchell Karp, Partner & Co-Founder, VallotKarp Consulting
10:15 - 10:45 am
Break
10:45 am - 1:00 pm
Team Challenge: Leveraging Personality Types to Thrive on Teams (Activity here)
Carrie Fletcher, Affiliate Instructor, Harvard Law School Executive Education
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Networking Lunch
2:00 - 3:15 pm
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There (Activity here)
Elise Holtzman, President, The Lawyer’s Edge
3:15 - 3:45 pm
Networking Break
3:45 - 6:00 pm
Breakouts with LCLD Fellows
DeAnna Allen, Partner, Cooley LLP; 2015 Fellow
Xavier Baker, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP; 2017 Fellow
John Cu, Partner, Hanson Bridgett LLP; 2011 Fellow
Dinesh Melwani, Partner, Bookoff McAndrews PLLC; 2015 Fellow
Aja Sae-Kung, Associate General Counsel, Washington Gas; 2012 Fellow
Christopher Wilkinson, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; 2016 Fellow
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Networking Break
7:00 pm
Dine-Arounds
Saturday, November 4, 2017
8:00 - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 am
Navigating the Path Forward (Activity here)
John Mitchell, “The Purple Coach” and Owner, KM Advisors, LLC
10:00 - 10:15 am
Break
10:15 am - 12:00 pm
Let the Games Begin!
Chris De Santis, Specialist in Management and Organization Development
12:00 -12:15 pm
Closing Remarks (2017 Pathfinder Year in Review video here)
Lori L. Lorenzo
See 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:
Brent Baer, brent@baeressentials.com, www.baeressentials.com
Chris De Santis, chris@cpdesantis.com, www.cpdesantis.com
Carrie Fletcher, cfletcher@hlsee.org, www.execed.law.harvard.edu
Elise Holtzman, elise@thelawyersedge.com, 908.233.2273, www.thelawyersedge.com
Neonu Jewell, njewell@vallotkarp.com, www.vallotkarp.com
Mitchell Karp, mkarp@vallotkarp.com, www.vallotkarp.com
John Mitchell, PurpleCoach@KMAdvisors.com, 773.486.4620, www.kmadvisors.com
Photo Gallery
Photography by Wilma Jackson
