Fellows Weekly 2/11/20 | 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.

In This Issue:

Announcements

Did you know?
The LCLD Alumni are partnering with the Posse Foundation. Find out how you can help below.

2018 Fellow Brian McGrath has moved to Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, where he is Partner in the New York City office.

2017 Fellow Annie Balla has moved to BNP Paribas, where she is Director and Senior Counsel.

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

REGISTER NOW: 2019 FELLOWS THIRD MEETING: Miami, FL - February 20-22, 2020

Registration is now open for the LCLD 2019 Fellows Third Meeting at the InterContinental Miami in Miami, Florida. The meeting will begin Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 4:00 pm ET, and will conclude Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 12:00 pm ET.

Please register to attend the meeting and reserve your hotel room. This is a two-part process in which you must:

Register to attend the meeting by completing the sign-up form, here. Although registration will remain open until the meeting begins, we strongly encourage you to register as soon as possible. A preliminary meeting agenda is also available on the registration page.
Make hotel reservations. Click here to book your room at the InterContinental Miami by Tuesday, January 28, 2020, to take advantage of the LCLD conference rate of $299 per night. This special hotel rate will be available until LCLD’s room block fills up or January 28 -- whichever comes first.

If you have any questions about the meeting, please contact me at nvelasquez@lcldnet.com. For questions about registration or the hotel, please contact Stella Askin, LCLD Events Manager.

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Fellows Events and Opportunities

LCLD Fellows and Alumni visited The Clorox Company earlier this month for the second meeting of the Bay Area Sustainable Partnership Program.

YEAR IN REVIEW: SEE WHAT THE ALUMNI WERE UP TO IN 2019!

Click here to learn more about the many ways Fellows Alumni came together in 2019 to support each other.

PATHFINDERS NEED YOUR HELP: HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE YOUR ORGANIZATION?

Learning how to navigate your organization can be stressful—it’s not always clear who to connect with or how to position yourself for success. What do you wish you had known about navigating the legal workplace that you had to learn the hard way? How do you identify and connect with people who will bring you more complex work or who have greater power within your organization? How do you explore a different practice area or other roles within your organization? What advice would you give to a young attorney who can’t quite seem to find where they “fit” within the organization? If you have any tips on these topics, please send them to Caitlin Puffenberger at cpuffenberger@lcldnet.com for inclusion in a feature for the LCLD Pathfinders and Pathfinder Alumni.

2019 ALL IN! CAMPAIGN: NOW OPEN

The 2019 "All In!" Campaign for LCLD Alumni contributions is underway! The campaign helps fund regional Alumni events, Alumni initiatives, and a portion of the Leadership Symposium. The All In! campaign is open to all LCLD Alumni, and will include 2019 Fellows immediately after their third and final Fellows meeting in Miami. Click here to make your contribution today. For questions, please contact LCLD Alumni Treasurer Robin Nunn at robin.nunn@dechert.com or LCLD Alumni Programs Manager Erin Hess at ehess@lcldnet.com. If paying by check, please send $125, made payable to LCLD, with memo All In! (list Fellow or Pathfinder) Class of (list Class Year) to: Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Attn: Erin Hess & Kate Knerr, P.O. Box 1656, Richmond, VA 23218.

OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY: LCLD ALUMNI PARTNER WITH POSSE FOUNDATION

The Outreach Committee is excited to announce a new partnership with The Posse Foundation. Posse is a national pipeline organization focused on identifying, recruiting, and supporting diverse high school students throughout college. Posse helps graduates of its program apply for and succeed in graduate school. Read more about Posse here. Opportunities for LCLD Alumni to participate are described here. Register to become a Career Coach or Graduate Coach here. For questions, please contact Fellows Richik Sarkar or Megan Brillault.

LCLD ALUMNI ADVOCACY GROUP CALL: The How-To’s of Awarding and Receiving Business - February 25, 2020

Open to all current LCLD Fellows and Alumni, the Advocacy Group Call will focus on the how-to's of awarding and receiving business with Juanita Harris of AT&T Inc., Rob Jones Jr. of American Airlines, and Linda Seal of The Home Depot. The call will be February 25, 2020 4-5pm ET. The dial in number is +19292056099 and the passcode is 2157796069# US. To RSVP, please contact Erin Hess ehess@lcldnet.com.

SAVE THE DATE: LCLD ALUMNI LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM: Dallas, TX - June 11-13, 2020

Mark your calendars for the LCLD Alumni Leadership Symposium, June 11-13, 2020 in Dallas, TX. More details forthcoming.

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Events of Interest

NONPROFIT BOARD OPPORTUNITY

National Park Trust is seeking diverse attorneys for their 2020 board class. This national nonprofit specializes in acquiring lands to expand national parks and building a pipeline of future park lovers and conservationists through their youth programs that benefit thousands of under-served students annually. LCLD Fellows and Alumni may contact 2019 Fellow Neal Kemkar neal.kemkar@ge.com at for more information.

ALLY: INDIVIDUAL STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: New York, NY - February 20, 2020 | 1 hour CLE credit

Join Professor Dolly Chugh in conversation with David Glasgow, Executive Director of the Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, to discuss how you can be a better ally and advocate for diversity and inclusion: at school, in the workplace, and in the wider world. This event is hosted by LCLD Member firm DLA Piper and there will be a reception to follow. Click here to RSVP.

CHART YOUR OWN COURSE: Orlando, FL - February 20-23, 2020

If you are attending Chart Your Own Course in Orlando from February 20 – 23 and would like to meet with other LCLD Fellows, please contact 2012 Fellow Yvette Gatling at ygatling@littler.com as she is planning a gathering of LCLD Fellows.

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