Advancing and Retaining Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession (This event is not a PALS event, but may be of interest to PALS Members.)

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  Advancing and Retaining Racial and
 Ethnic Diversity in the Profession

Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Time: 5:45 – 7:45 p.m.
Location: Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, Ceremonial Courtroom, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY

Moderator
Professor Theodore M. Shaw
Columbia Law School and former Director-Counsel and President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.

Panelists
John Echohawk, Esq.
Executive Director and co-founder of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), has been ranked one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America by the National Law Journal, and Board Member for the American Indian Resource Institute and the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development

Martin P. Greene, Esq.
Founding and Co-Managing Partner of Greene and Letts and President of the National Minority Law Group (NMLG)

Robert J. Grey, Jr., Esq.
Executive Director of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity for the American Bar Association, Past President of the American Bar Association and partner at Hunton & Williams LLP

Clara J. Ohr, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel at Hess Corporation and Member of the Board of Directors for the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY)

César A. Perales, Esq.
President, General Counsel and co-founder of LatinoJustice PRLDEF (formerly known as Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund), former Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services for New York City and Assistant Secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services under President Jimmy Carter

Sung-Hee Suh, Esq.
Partner at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, Member of the Board of Directors for the Brennan Center for Justice and former Board Member for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund

Program Coordinators
Madeleine Giansanti Çağ, Esq., Gregory P. Joseph Law Offices LLC
Stacey M. Gray, Esq., Stacey M. Gray, P.C.
Roberto G. Lebron, Esq., N.Y.S. Office of the Attorney General
Professor Ettie Ward, St. John's University, School of Law

Federal Bar Council Program Committee Chair
David B. Pitofsky, Esq., Goodwin Procter LLP

Program Description
The program will provide an overview of current issues in private practice and the public sector, including (1) a critique of present and past diversity efforts, (2) a discussion of myths associated with diversity and meritocracy, (3) an exploration of the role of bar associations, including diversity-based organizations and (4) "Best Practices" for equality, equity and decision-making authority in the legal profession.

CLE Credit Information: This program will provide 2.0 transitional/non-transitional CLE credits – 1.0 in Ethics and Professionalism and 1.0 in Law Practice Management. CLE credit is provided free of charge to all Federal Bar Council members in good standing.

Registration Information: All attendees must register online at www.federalbarcouncil.org. There is a $100.00 charge for CLE credit for non-members. 

Federal Bar Council Membership Information: Non-members may join online at www.federalbarcouncil.org. Dues for membership in the Federal Bar Council are as follows: free for federal judicial law clerks in the Second Circuit (for a maximum of 2 years); $50 for retiree members; $75 for lawyers who practice in the federal courts as government employees or who practice law for not-for-profit entities; $275 for regular members; and $450 for sustaining members.  Membership includes, among other things, free CLE Programs, a free copy of the Second Circuit Redbook, a free subscription to the Federal Bar Council Quarterly and advance invitations to lectures and events.  Sustaining members also receive a complimentary copy of The Remarkable Hands, An Affectionate Portrait and identification as sustaining members in the membership listing section of the Second Circuit Redbook. 

Financial Hardship Policy: The Federal Bar Council is pleased to offer a 50% discount on the cost of its CLE Programs to attorneys who are unemployed, employed in the public sector or who work for a not-for-profit entity and who can establish financial hardship.  The original application for this discount must be submitted to the Federal Bar Council at least two weeks prior to the CLE Program for which it applies.  Please contact the Council for an application form.

Due to security screening and sign-in procedures, attendees should arrive no later than 5:30 p.m.

The Federal Bar Council is certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an Accredited Provider of Legal Education in New York State.

123 Main Street - Suite L100, White Plains, NY 10601-3104

(914) 682-8800 ● Fax (914) 682-4400 ● federalbar@federalbarcouncil.com

(This event is not a PALS event, but may be of interest to PALS Members.)