Fellows Weekly 8/29/17 | News | Leadership Council on Legal Diversity

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:

Announcements

Did You Know?
The Fellows Program was featured in Law360 last week.

2017 Fellow Judy Hopkins is now Head of Legal, Haven Life Insurance Agency.

2017 Fellow Nate St. Clair was selected to join the Dallas Regional Chamber's Leadership Dallas Class of 2018. Read more here. Nate also recently argued and secured a Federal Circuit appellate patent victory for clients Expedia, Priceline, and Travelocity. Read more here.

2017 Fellow Abim Thomas is now Head of Global Litigation at Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

2017 Fellow Angela Wilson is now Senior Counsel (Trademarks, Copyrights, and Anti-Counterfeiting) at GlaxoSmithKline.

2016 Fellow Elizabeth Livingston published "How Does the 'Stray Remark' Defense Stand After 'Single Slur' Ruling?" in The Legal Intelligencer. Read more here.

2014 Fellow Jamila Mensah was selected for the 2018 Best Lawyers for Employment Law - Management.

2012 Fellow Shaun Willie is now Assistant General Counsel at Pandora Jewelry.

2011 Fellow Maja Berlin-Del Vigna was named "One of Arizona's Most Influential Women in Business for 2017" by AZ Business Magazine. Read more here.

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.

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2017 Fellows Announcements

LEADERSHIP LUNCH: New York, NY - September 7, 2017

Registration remains open for a Leadership Lunch on Thursday, September 7, hosted by Matthew Lepore, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer at BASF Corporation, and Stasia Kelly, Co-Managing Partner (Americas) at DLA Piper. 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.

LCLD 2017 FELLOWS SECOND MEETING: Washington, D.C. - October 16-18, 2017

Registration is now open for the LCLD 2017 Fellows Second Meeting at the Willard InterContinental hotel in Washington, D.C. Please click here to register to attend the meeting and review an outline of the agenda. Click here to book your room at the Willard by Monday, September 25, 2017, to take advantage of the LCLD conference rate of $329 per night from October 16-18. This special hotel rate will be available until LCLD’s room block fills up or September 25--whichever comes first. If you have any questions about the meeting, please contact Nichole Velasquez, Fellows Program Manager. For questions about registration or the hotel, please contact Stella Askin, Program & Events Specialist.

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Alumni Announcements

FELLOWS ALUMNI SURVEY: THERE'S STILL TIME!

The LCLD Board of Directors and our General Counsel and Managing Partner Members set a goal of 50% participation on the Fellows Alumni Survey, and we're not quite there. If you haven't taken the survey yet, please take a few moments this week to complete it. Your feedback is essential for the development of the Fellows Program, the Alumni network, and LCLD as a whole. Click here to take the survey, and click here to learn more about how LCLD incorporates your feedback into its strategic planning.

And remember -- the class with the highest response rate gets a special prize!

Fellows Class	Response Rate
2016	52%
2015	47%
2014	39%
2012	39%
2013	32%
2011	26%

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Fellows Events and Opportunities

CALLING ALL DC FELLOWS!

The 2017 Pathfinders will have their final meeting in Washington, D.C. in November and we’d like to invite you to be part of the action. On Friday, November 3, from 2-6 p.m. we will be hosting a session called “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There”. The session is described here. It will start as a facilitated discussion, led by LCLD teaching faculty Elise Holtzman, and then break into coffee chats sorted by topic and hosted by you, the LCLD Fellows. We want the coffee chats to be a no-holds-barred conversation and we’d like you to be willing to share real life stories of your successes and failures relating to the topic you sign up for. Email Lori Lorenzo for more information or to volunteer to host a chat on one of the topics listed below. Click here for more information.

Identifying and developing the "next level" skills. How did you know you needed to change? How did you make those changes effectively?
Leading others. What is the hardest thing about managing others and managing up? How do you do it effectively?
Making an action plan. What did you do to stay on track for your goals? What behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs do you have that help you stay focused?
Isolation. The path to the top can sometimes be lonely for diverse lawyers. How do you handle isolation, stay mentally tough, and develop a safety net of friends, colleagues, and advisors.
The biggest mistake you ever made (and how it all worked out in the end).
Balance. As the workload increases and the demands on your personal time change, how do you stay balanced?

BALTIMORE FELLOWS HAPPY HOUR AND BACKPACK DRIVE: Baltimore, MD - August 29, 2017

Baltimore and Washington, D.C. area Fellows are invited to attend a happy hour and backpack drive on Tuesday, August 29, at Sullivan's Steakhouse, One East Pratt Street, Suite 102, from 6 to 8 p.m. If you have questions, or to RSVP, please reach out to 2015 Fellow Indira Sharma at ISharma@saul.com.

D.C. FELLOWS HAPPY HOUR: Washington, D.C. - August 30, 2017

D.C. Fellows are invited to meet up for "eats and drinks" on Wednesday, August 30, at 6:30 p.m. at Barcode, 1101 17th Street NW. If you have questions, or to RSVP, please reach out to 2016 Fellow Rabeha Kamaluddin at kamaluddin.rabeha@dorsey.com.

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.

LCLD Summer Send-Off: Pittsburgh, PA – September 9, 2017

LCLD Fellows and Pathfinders are invited to the home of 2016 Fellow Mariah Passarelli for dinner and to bid farewell to summer on Saturday, September 9. If you have questions or to RSVP, please contact Mariah Passarelli at mariah.passarelli@bipc.com.

HAPPY HOUR AT THE LCLD PATHFINDER ALUMNI MEETING: Washington, D.C. - September 15, 2017

Fellows and Fellows Alumni are invited to network with Pathfinder Alumni at the Happy Hour event that will kick off the first-ever Pathfinder Alumni Meeting. The event will take place Friday, September 15, 2017 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm ET at Nixon Peabody LLP, located at 799 9th Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, D.C. 20001. RSVP with any dietary restrictions to 2017 Pathfinder Hanna Kim at hannaki@microsoft.com, by Monday, September 11, 2017.

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Events and Opportunities of Interest

CORPORATE COUNSEL WOMEN OF COLOR 12TH ANNUAL CAREER STRATEGIES CONFERENCE: New Orleans, LA - September 27-30, 2017

If you are attending the Corporate Counsel Women of Color Career Strategies Conference in Las Vegas and would like to meet up with other Fellows, email 2015 Fellow Rena Andoh at randoh@sheppardmullin.com.

JACKSON COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET FEATURING DR. CORNEL WEST: Kansas City, MO - October 10, 2017

On behalf of 2011 Fellow Marcos Barbosa, President of the Jackson County Bar Association, Fellows are invited to attend the JCBA's Judge Kit Carson Roque Jr. Scholarship Banquet. This year's featured speaker is Dr. Cornel West. Please contact Marcos at Marcos.Barbosa@kutakrock.com with questions or if you plan to attend. Click here for more information.

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.

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Job Opportunities

Counsel, Emissions & Regulatory: General Motors - Detroit, MI

Click here for the full job description and to apply. Questions about the position may be directed to Susanna Brennan at (313) 236-1102 or susanna.brennan@gm.com.

Senior Manager, Senior Counsel, Commercial Bank Legal: CapitalOne Financial - Bethesda, MD or New York, NY