Fellows Weekly 8/20/19 | 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, Communications Manager.

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Announcements

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2019 Fellow Martha Charepoo was profiled in Missouri Lawyers Weekly as a Diversity & Inclusion honoree. Read more here.

2017 Fellow Lynnette Espy-Williams was recently elected as Shareholder at Cozen O'Connor.

2016 Fellow Dan Cranshaw was profiled in Missouri Lawyers Weekly as a Diversity & Inclusion honoree. Read more here.

2014 Fellow Yendelela Neely Holston drove an initiative at Kilpatrick Townsend to encourage attorneys to add preferred pronouns to firm bios. 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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2019 Fellows Announcements

2019 FELLOWS SECOND MEETING: Washington, DC - September 23-25, 2019

Registration remains open for the Second Fellows Meeting at the Hilton National Mall in Washington, D.C. Click here to register for the meeting as soon as possible. An outline of the meeting agenda is also available on the registration page. Click here to book your hotel room, and please note that you must book your room by September 3 to receive a special reduced rate. For questions about registration or the hotel, please contact Stella Askin, Events Manager.

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Fellows Events and Opportunities

LEADERSHIP LUNCH: Kasowitz Benson Torres and Gilead Sciences: Silicon Valley, CA - August 22, 2019

Spots remain on the wait list for a Leadership Lunch are invited to attend an event hosted by Jonathan Waldrop, Managing Partner of the Silicon Valley office of Kasowitz Benson Torres and Brett A. Pletcher, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Gilead Sciences, Inc. Click here for more information. RSVPs should come directly to Nichole Velasquez, Fellows Program Manager, and include your name, organization, Fellowship year, and any dietary restrictions.

Please note that the date for this Leadership Lunch has changed to August 22, 2019.

FELLOWS ALUMNI SPEAKER SERIES PRESENTS EMBRACING GENERATIONAL DIVERSITY: Columbus, OH - August 27, 2019

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP and the LCLD Fellows Alumni invite you to attend a complimentary CLE program and reception. The program will include a presentation on Embracing Generational Diversity by special guest Chris De Santis, an LCLD Coach and Specialist in Management and Organization Development. Click here for more information and to register. General questions can be sent to Kayla Allen at ksallen@vorys.com.

FELLOWS MEET-UP AT CCWC: Chicago, IL - September 25, 2019

For Fellows and Alumni attending the Corporate Counsel Women of Color Conference (“CCWC”) in Chicago from September 25-27, Sheppard Mullin will be sponsoring an LCLD Fellows and Alumni happy hour from 5-6:30 pm on Wednesday, September 25, at Birreria at Eataly, 43 East Ohio Street. Please send an email to 2015 Fellow Rena Andoh at randoh@sheppardmullin.com to RSVP.

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Events and Opportunities

REGISTER TO BE AN LCLD MENTOR BY AUGUST 31!

Attorneys at LCLD Member organizations may now register to become Mentors as part of the 2019-2020 LCLD Success in Law School Mentoring Program. In the fall, registered Mentors will be matched with diverse, first-year law students in major cities across the country. We look forward to working with your organization as part of the Mentoring Program this year! Thank you in advance for your help.

For more information about becoming an LCLD Mentor, please review this brief FAQ page. For any other questions, please contact Nancy Richardson, LCLD Program Manager.

IN-HOUSE SPEAKERS NEEDED: ABA SECTION OF LITIGATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE - May 6-8, 2020

Are you an in-house counsel interested in speaking on a panel at the 2020 Annual Conference of the ABA section on commercial and business litigation? 2018 Fellow Melissa Ho is seeking a corporate Fellow to participate in an RFP proposal for panel on internal/criminal investigations. Please contact Melissa if you are interested at MHo@polsinelli.com and click here for more information on the conference.

WOMEN, INFLUENCE & POWER IN LAW CONFERENCE: Washington, DC - October 16-18, 2019

The Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel. 2013 Fellow Cari Wint and 2015 Fellow Devika Kornbacher will be speaking. Click here for more information and to register.

TWIN CITIES MARATHON TEAM - October 2019

The unofficial LCLD marathon team is at it again! We’re running “the most beautiful urban marathon in America,” the Twin Cities Marathon, in October 2019. Our team is, as yet, small but committed. We hope you’ll consider joining us—whatever your experience level. It is a fun race, and the Twin Cities are home to a number of LCLD Member organizations and Fellows. Please call or email 2012 Fellows Cassandra Headrick, Jin Liu, or 2013 Fellow Mara Kaplan for details.

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