13th
Annual
We listened! Based on your feedback, MCCA has completely reimagined the tracks for its 13th Annual Creating Pathways to Diversity® Conference. The new tracks are Career Development Tools for Diverse Attorneys, Investing in Diverse Talent, Creating Organizational Change, and Diversity & the Profession. You wanted cutting-edge discussions and practical skills building workshops. Each session has been reworked to provide you ideas and tools you can immediately implement in both your career and workplace. Join us at the Creating Pathways to Diversity Conference – a diversity and inclusion conference redesigned just for you.
Conference Agenda BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION
9:00 AM -10:30 AM OPENING PLENARY SESSION 10:30 - 11:00 AM
BREAK
Career Development Tools for Diverse Attorneys
101. 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Soft Skills & Your Career Advancement
Investing in Diverse Talent 201.
Walk A Mile in Her Shoes: Working Mothers & Career Advancement
12:30 - 2:30 PM LUNCH & PLENARY 102. 2:30 - 4:00 PM
The Explicit Impact of Implicit Bias: Understanding Your
Implicit Biases & How You Affect Others
4:00 - 4:30 PM BREAK 103. Judgment, Common Sense & 4:30 - 6:00 PM
Trusting Your Gut: A Tool Box for Developing Business Acumen
203.
Creating Diversity Internship Programs in Your Corporate Legal Department
303.
Using Diversity as a Strategy for Increased Law Firm Profitability
403.
Success Stories from Corporate America’s Partnership with Minority- & Women-Owned Law Firms
6:00 - 7:30 PM NETWORKING RECEPTION Conference Details
REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION Registration is NOT confirmed until payment has been received by MCCA. Electronic confirmation of your registration will be sent within ten business days of receipt of payment or upon completion of payment process if registering online. Full registration includes access to conference sessions, electronic course materials, and scheduled meals. Program sessions are subject to limited attendance due to facility capacity constraints, so please pre-register for your desired courses. MCCA is not responsible for any expenses associated with travel, lodging, or other costs incurred by the registrant, including any cost incurred due to cancellation of the conference. Audio or video recording or transcription of any portion of the seminar is prohibited unless express consent is granted by MCCA.
HOUSING MCCA is holding a block of rooms at the Marriott Marquis Hotel at the rate of $369/night (single/double). For reservations, call 800-843-4898 and indicate you are attending MCCA’s 2012 Creating Pathways to Diversity® Conference to receive the group rate. You can also reserve a room online by visiting
www.mcca.com/ pathways2012 and clicking on the Marriott link in the right column.
SUBSTITUTIONS AND CANCELLATIONS All cancellations must be received in writing; telephone cancellations will not be accepted. Cancellations received in writing by August 17, 2012, will be fully refunded minus a $50.00 administrative fee. Individuals canceling in writing after August 17 but prior to September 3 will receive a full credit towards attendance at MCCA’s 14th Annual Creating Pathways to Diversity Conference (only monies paid for the 13th Annual Creating Pathways to Diversity Conference will be credited; after applying credit, any balance due is the responsibility of the registrant). If written confirmation of cancellation is not received by September 3, no refunds or credits of any kind will be issued. Credits will be processed after the meeting. Substitutions are always welcome; please submit a written request along with a completed registration form for the new individual in order to transfer the registration. Cancellations and requests for substitutions should be submitted to
education@mcca.com.
DISCOUNTED AIRFARE Travel discounts are valid September 8-13, 2012 to New York, NY (EWR, HPN, JFK, LGA).To make a discount reservation, please call American Airlines Meeting Services Desk at 800-433-1790 or go to
www.AA.com and use promotion code5892BS.
Join us for MCCA’s Diversity Honors Gala! September 11, 2012 Contact Jennifer Chen at 202-739-5902 or visit
www.mcca.com/gala
202. Growing a Crop of Inclusive
Leaders through Development of Core Competencies
302. Implementing an LGBT
Employee Resource Group that Drives Organizational Change
402.
Demographics in Corporate Legal Departments
Creating Organizational Change
301.
Measuring Your Organization’s Inclusiveness Efforts
Diversity & the Profession 401.
Diversity in the Courtroom Advisory Board
Michael P. Allen Senior Attorney
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 7:30 - 9:00 AM
Environment, Safety, & Compliance Microsoft Corporation
Richard Amador Partner
Sanchez & Amador LLP Andrea V. Arias
Federal Government Employee Janice P. Brown
Founder & Senior Partner Brown Law Group
Deborah Epstein Henry Founder & President Law & Reorder
A Division of Flex-Time Lawyers LLC
Joan M. Haratani Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Rob Jones, Jr.
Corporate Attorney
American Airlines, Inc. Paul Marchegiani
Senior Counsel, Legal Affairs NBCUniversal Television Group
Jeanine M. Mitchell Attorney at Law
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP
Nimesh M. Patel
Executive Director - Diversity & Inclusion
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Peter M. Reyes
Senior Intellectual Property Lawyer Cargill, Incorporated
Ryan Smith Partner
Zuber & Taillieu LLP Joanne Suh
Senior Attorney
Intel Corporation Walter L. Sutton
Associate General Counsel Walmart Stores, Inc.
Adonica-Jo R. Wada Partner
Simon Gluck & Kane LLP Peter Wilson
Director of Diversity & Inclusion Proskauer Rose LLP
Linda Wong Partner & CEO
Wong Fleming, P.C.
Justin A. Xenitelis General Counsel Thor Equities LLC
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