LIVE WEBCAST
Diversifying Our Approach to Apprenticeship: Lab-Made Diamonds
2021 Professional Development Workshop Series
Thursday, March 18, 2021 | 9:00 am - 10:45 am
Program Fee:
Free for New York City Bar Members & Attorneys from Sponsoring Law Firms | $75 for Nonmembers
CLE Credit:
New York: 2.0 Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias
New Jersey: 2.0 Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias
California: 2.0 Elimination of Bias
Pennsylvania: 1.5 Professional Responsibility
Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys
Newly admitted New York attorneys (attorneys
admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less) cannot earn
CLE credit in the category of Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of
Bias.
Description:
The legal profession can continue to evolve by thinking differently
about how diversity and legal training impact each other. The cultural
mindset around training in law firms was developed for a relatively
homogenous environment and still has key elements of a one-dimensional
system embedded in our approach. We can question some of the current
model’s baseline assumptions about potential in our effort to reduce
inefficiency. Improving efficiency can help us ultimately meet the
increased demand for teams with diversity at every level and boost the
return on investment in talent.
Participants will learn
different ways to: a) look at the impact of the training and learning
approach they are currently using, especially on diversity b) to think
about their considered and unconsidered assumptions behind their
approach to teaching junior lawyers and learning from senior lawyers, c)
examine their firm’s model and culture of training and d) why it
matters long term for your performance and book of business.
Speaker:
George Flowers, Principal, Invisible Hurdle LLC
| SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS |
| Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP |
Allen & Overy LLP |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP |
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP |
| Dechert LLP |
Dorsey & Whitney LLP |
Greenberg Traurig LLP |
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP |
| King & Spalding LLP |
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP |
Labaton Sucharow LLP |
New York City Law Department |
| Norton Rose Fulbright LLP |
Proskauer Rose LLP |
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP |
Shearman & Sterling LLP |
| Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP |
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP |
| Venable LLP |
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP |