Welcome to the Fellows Weekly Announcements
Email announcements are sent to Fellows every Tuesday and feature program news and information, professional opportunities, and alerts of upcoming events to help you get the most out of your participation in the LCLD Fellows Program. These announcements will be archived on the LCLD website.
Questions about the announcements? Email Nichole Velasquez, Fellows Program Manager, or Caitlin Puffenberger, LCLD Communications Specialist.
In This Issue:
- Personal Announcements
- 2017 Fellows Announcements
- Alumni Announcements
- Fellows Events and Opportunities
- Events and Opportunities of Interest
- Job Opportunities
Announcements
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2017 Fellow Judy Hopkins is now Vice President, Corporate Counsel at MassMutual/Haven Life Insurance Agency, LLC.
2017 Fellow Merili Seale is now at Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP.
2017 Fellow Mansi Shah received the Cornerstone Award from the South Asian Bar Association of North America at its annual convention last week. It is one of the highest honors awarded by SABA. Read more here.
2016 Fellow Guillermo Christensen will be leading a session on law firm data security at the mid-year meeting of the Sedona Conference Working Group in San Diego this fall. Guillermo also recently joined the Advisory Board for the Reves Center for International Studies at the College of William & Mary.
2016 Fellow Jean Kuei is now at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman.
2015 Fellow Rafael Zahralddin was appointed Co-Chair of the Delaware State Bar Association's International Law Section.
2014 Fellow Carlos Romo recently published an "Expert Analysis" on environmental common law claims. Read more here.
2013 Fellow Tiffany Renee Thomas is now Executive Counsel - Labor and Employment at GE Digital.
Keep up with other news in the LCLD community through the LCLD Weekly News Digest. If you are interested in receiving the News Digest in your inbox each week, email Caitlin Puffenberger at cpuffenberger@lcldnet.com and ask to be added to the list.
2017 Fellows Announcements
LEADERSHIP LUNCH: Dallas, TX - August 23, 2017
Registration remains open for a Leadership Lunch hosted by Jerry K. Clements, Chair of Locke Lord LLP, and Julia A. Simon, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Mary Kay, Inc. To register, email Nichole Velasquez, LCLD Fellows Program Manager.
3M LEARNING EXPERIENCE: St. Paul, MN - September 7-8, 2017
Registration remains open for a Learning Experience hosted by Ivan Fong, Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, and General Counsel at 3M Company. To register, email Nichole Velasquez, LCLD Fellows Program Manager.
ABERCROMBIE & FITCH LEARNING EXPERIENCE: Columbus, OH - September 20-21, 2017
Registration remains open for the September 21 Learning Experience at the Columbus headquarters of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. The event will be hosted by Robert Bostrom, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary; and 2016 Fellows Stacia Jones and Arooj Sheikh. Click here for more information. To register, email Nichole Velasquez at nvelasquez@lcldnet.com.
Alumni Announcements
FELLOWS ALUMNI SURVEY: THE COMPETITION IS HEATING UP!
Your annual feedback helps LCLD position itself as a leader in lawyer development, so that you can market yourselves as some of the best trained, most sought after lawyers in the profession. It's crucial that we receive feedback from all Fellows Alumni, classes 2011 through 2016, even if you took the survey last year. To encourage participation, we'll have a prize for the class with the highest response rate. Here's how things stand (as of July 31):
| Fellows Class | Response Rate |
| 2016 | 19% |
| 2014 | 17% |
| 2015 | 16% |
| 2012 | 13% |
| 2013 | 11% |
| 2011 | 8% |
Click here to take the survey, and click here to learn more about how LCLD incorporates your feedback into its strategic planning.
Fellows Events and Opportunities
PAY IT FORWARD! MENTOR 1LS THROUGH LCLD'S MENTORING PROGRAM
It's time to register to be a Mentor to a diverse, first-year law student! Thanks to you, we were able to match all the students who applied last year -- let's do it again this year! Registration is open until August 31, 2017. You can register to be a Mentor here. Send any questions to Program Manager Nancy Richardson at nrichardson@lcldnet.com.
Events and Opportunities of Interest
FELLOWS MEET-UP AT THE NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION CONVENTION: Toronto, ON - July 29-August 4, 2017
If you are in Toronto for the National Bar Association Convention, let 2016 Fellow Janeen Lofton know! You can reach her at JNL@lgplaw.com.
LAVENDER LAW CONFERENCE & CAREER FAIR: San Francisco, CA - August 1-4, 2017
The National LGBT Bar Association's 29th Annual Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair will be held August 1-4 in San Francisco, CA. If you plan to attend and would like to connect with other LCLD Fellows, please reach out to 2015 Fellow Mark Kressel at mkressel@horvitzlevy.com. Click here for more information on the conference.
FINDING THE SPACE TO LEAD: New York, NY - October 20, 2017
Janice Marturano, the Founder and Director of the Institute for Mindful Leadership and a speaker at this year's Fellows Alumni Leadership Symposium, will lead an all-day workshop on mindful leadership at the NYU Stern School of Business on October 20. Register before September 29 for an early bird rate. Click here for more information and to register.
Job Opportunities
Associate General Counsel, Product - Building 8: Facebook - Menlo Park, CA
Click here for the full job description and to apply.
Commercial Counsel, Platform: Facebook - Menlo Park, CA
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Lead Commercial Counsel (eCommerce & Payments): Facebook - Menlo Park, CA
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IP Counsel, Rights Management: Facebook - Menlo Park, CA
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Lead Counsel, Production Compliance: Facebook - Los Angeles, CA or New York, NY
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Counsel, Advertising Content Policy: Facebook - Menlo Park, CA
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Counsel, Advertising Products: Facebook - Menlo Park, CA
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Lead Competition Counsel: Facebook - Menlo Park, CA
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Lead Counsel, Logistics and Product Compliance: Facebook - Menlo Park, CA
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Senior Counsel, Advisors: Mastercard - Purchase, NY
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Senior Counsel, Production, Business and Legal Affairs: Viacom International Services - New York, NY
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Manager, Card Counsel: Capital One - Richmond, VA or Las Vegas, NV
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Trademark Counsel: The Coca-Cola Company - Atlanta, GA
For the full job description and to apply, click here and search Job ID 41416. Questions may be directed to Jessica Lewis at jeslewis@coca-cola.com.
Counsel I, Global Privacy and Data Protection: Boston Scientific - Marlborough, MA
Click here for the full job description and to apply. Questions about the position may be directed to Jessica Catalano at jessica.catalano@bsci.com.
Patent Counsel III: Boston Scientific - Marlborough, MA
Click here for the full job description and to apply. Questions about the position may be directed to Jessica Catalano at jessica.catalano@bsci.com.
Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial Transactions: The Home Depot - Atlanta, GA
Click here for the full job description and to apply. Questions about the position may be directed to Lebechi Wilson at LEBECHI_C_WILSON@homedepot.com.
Government & Industry Relations Attorney (79227): Allstate - Tampa, FL
Click here for more information. Click here to apply.
Risk Assessment Senior Consultant (78730): Allstate - Northbrook, IL
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Attorney (79326): Allstate - Northbrook, IL
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Staff Attorney (79332): Allstate - Northbrook, IL
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Privacy Governance Professional (79237): Allstate - Northbrook, IL
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Corporate Litigation Counsel (79521): Allstate - Northbrook, IL
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M&A Legal Counsel: Medtronic - Fridley, MN
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Legal Counsel, Global New Business Models and Healthcare Law (17000BWE): Medtronic - Fridley, MN
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Legal Counsel III (17000CUO): Medtronic - Plymouth, MN
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Vice President, Recreation Business Development: Viacom International Services - New York, NY
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Senior Counsel, Distribution and Business Development: Viacom International Services - New York, NY
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Posting of Job Opportunities in the Fellows Weekly Announcements
To post a job opportunity, please send the following information to Caitlin Puffenberger at cpuffenberger@lcldnet.com:
1. Title and location of the position
2. Contact information of individual to contact with additional questions about the position
3. Link or PDF with full job description
Job Opportunities will remain in the Fellows Weekly Announcements for four consecutive weeks and then be removed. You may request one posting renewal for an additional four weeks. There is no cost for posting. Opportunities received in accordance with the policy prior to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday will be posted in the Fellows Weekly Announcements released on the following Tuesday. Please note that Associate positions are no longer being posted in the Fellows Weekly Announcements.
