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Welcome to the LCLD Insider, our monthly newsletter. This publication is for you, and we welcome your feedback and ideas, as well as any news you might be interested in passing along. Please share the Insider with your support staff, diversity directors, and marketing departments to keep them better informed about what LCLD is doing.
— Robert Grey, President
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Language of Leadership with Pilar Ramos and Kim Rivera
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Don’t miss the latest installment of the Language of Leadership series, featuring a special guest! Join us for a discussion between LCLD Board Chair Kim Rivera, Chief Legal & Business Affairs Officer at OneTrust, and her friend and fellow LCLD Board Member Pilar Ramos, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at TelevisaUnivision. Register
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For questions about the Language of Leadership webinar series, please contact LCLD Operations and Data Manager Grace Mitchell.
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LCLD Alumni: Early Bird Registration for the Alumni Symposium Closes Tomorrow
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Calling all LCLD Alumni! Mark your calendars and register for the 13th Annual LCLD Alumni Leadership Symposium June 20-21, 2024, in Boston, MA.
Open to all attorneys who have completed the LCLD Fellows or Pathfinder Programs, the Symposium will offer educational sessions, career development opportunities, and engaging networking events. For an early bird discount, be sure to register by tomorrow, March 29, 2024.
Would your firm or corporation like to support the growing LCLD Alumni Program and its goal of increasing diversity in the legal profession? If so, we encourage you to review the Symposium sponsorship opportunities here.
For questions about the Alumni Symposium, please contact LCLD Alumni Program Manager Alyssa Yuen.
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Enroll Your 2024 1L LCLD Scholars
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Thank you to the Member organizations who will host 1L LCLD Scholars this summer! We are looking forward to another great season of Scholars. If you plan to host, but haven't yet registered your organization, please do so here.
Next Steps:
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Hire 1L Scholars. Each Member organization will independently identify, select, and hire its respective 1L Scholars.
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Enroll Individual 1L Scholars by April 12, 2024. Once you've hired your 1L Scholars, please provide your Scholars' information to LCLD to officially enroll them in the program. Enroll each Scholar here.
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1L Scholars will register themselves for the Virtual Experience. LCLD will contact 1L Scholars with details and registration instructions for the 2024 1L Scholars Virtual Experience.
For questions about the 1L Scholars Program, please contact Pipeline Program Manager Nancy Richardson.
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Curiosity, Chemistry, and Cake Creativity: Fellows Visit Deloitte
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A big thank you to Deloitte for hosting LCLD Fellows in Chicago for a Learning Experience on November 9-10, 2023! The program included insights on leadership from LCLD Member and Deloitte US General Counsel Ben Campbell, an overview of generative AI and its implications for the legal profession from a panel of Deloitte experts, and a deep dive on Deloitte’s DEI journey. Fellows also got to test their “Business Chemistry” at a welcome event hosted by Sidley Austin, where they put their competitive cooking skills to the test and created Chicago-themed cakes.
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LCLD Alumni Join the Leadership Ranks
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2019 Fellow Randall Lehner is now General Counsel at Power Solutions International.
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Upcoming Events through Mid-April 2024
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LCLD thanks all of the community members who have come together to plan and participate in our recent events. Take a look at our upcoming events below and we hope to see you soon!
FOR MEMBERS
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Leaders at the Front: Better Than Before (Part 2) | April 16.
Join Professor Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law, and David Glasgow, Executive Director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, for an interactive two-part webinar series to explore the evolving legal landscape for workplace DEI initiatives.
FOR THE LCLD COMMUNITY
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Language of Leadership with Pilar Ramos and Kim Rivera | April 2.
Join the LCLD community as LCLD Board Chair Kim Rivera, Chief Legal & Business Affairs Officer at OneTrust, leads a discussion with her friend and fellow LCLD Board Member Pilar Ramos, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at TelevisaUnivision.
DIVERSITY PROFESSIONALS
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Diversity Professionals' Virtual Meeting | April 17.
Join LCLD staff and Diversity Professionals at LCLD Member organizations for a virtual meeting to receive updates about LCLD programs and initiatives.
FOR ALUMNI
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Chicago Service Event with Breakthough | April 3.
Chicago Alumni, join us as we again partner with Breakthrough to cook and serve meals to people experiencing long-term homelessness. Thank you to Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila for sponsoring this event.
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Milwaukee Service Event with Milwaukee Diaper Mission | April 9.
Milwaukee Alumni, get to know your MKE LCLD Alumni while sorting and packing diapers and post-partum essentials to serve the Milwaukee community.
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NYC Alumni Fireside Chat with Judy Smith | April 11.
NYC Alumni, join us for a fireside chat with Judy Smith, an attorney and crisis management expert who has served as a strategic advisor for a number of corporate, celebrity, non-profit, and government clients. Judy also served inspiration for the hit television show Scandal, which was partially based on her tenure as a press aide in the George H.W. Bush administration. Thank you to Loeb & Loeb and Mosiac@CRA for hosting this event.
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Richmond LCLD Community Networking & Cocktail Reception | April 11.
Richmond Alumni, join us for an evening of networking in the Claiborne Room at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Thank you to Troutman Pepper for sponsoring this event.
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Milwaukee Alumni Fireside Chat with Paul Krause | April 18.
Milwaukee Alumni, join us for an engaging conversation with Paul Krause, Chief Legal Officer at Harley-Davidson, Inc. Moderated by Michael Best attorney and Milwaukee City Lead Laura Lamansky, the conversation will explore Paul's professional journey from law firm attorney to CLO.
FOR FELLOWS
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2024 Fellows AP Webinar 1 | April 18.
Join the first of a three-part webinar series focused on emotional intelligence. Led by Hassan Kamel of OKA, session one explores self-awareness and self-control.
For questions, please contact:
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LCLD Member Rob MacRae, SVP & General Counsel of GSK, shares his experience growing up biracial in the US and its ongoing personal and professional impacts. “When I started at GSK, you didn’t have the option to self-identify as two or more races,” he writes. “Now you can, so I did. Psychologically that felt more comfortable to me in a way that it didn’t 30 years ago.”
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2024 Fellow Molly Ahmed of Armstrong Teasdale reflects on the 2024 Fellows Spring Meeting, held in San Diego in February. “Almost straightaway, introductions were made, stories swapped and connections created,” she writes. “Such opportunities for personal growth and relationship building do not come along every day.”
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Congratulations to all those named on the Hispanic National Bar Association’s Top Lawyers Under 40 list!
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2024 Fellows Martha Bucaram and Lina Martinez
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2022 Fellow Pablo Svirsky
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2023 Pathfinder Fatima Garcia
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2022 Pathfinder Jeffrey Saavedra
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2021 Pathfinder Andrenna Hidalgo Berggren
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2020 Pathfinder Amber Gonzales
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2021 Fellow Harsh Arora was named the Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year in USA category of the Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2023.
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2023 Fellow Nicole Arrindell was honored with the Individual Life Insurance Diversity and Inclusion Award at the 2024 DEI: Expanding Opportunity in Insurance Conference hosted by the American Council of Life Insurers, the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, and the Life Insurance Council of New York.
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2020 Fellow Rachel Smith was selected for this year’s class of Notable Women in Law by Crain’s Detroit Business.
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2023 Fellow Mian Wang was named on the National Association of Women Lawyers’ 2024 Rising List.
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2023 Fellow Nooree Lee was named on the Washington Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 list, precisely two weeks before turning 40.
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2022 Fellow Adrienne Gittens was named on the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 list.
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2023 Fellow Karina Sargsian was on the Utah Business Magazine’s 40 under 40 list.
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2017 Fellow Brandon Vaughn was named to the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America list for the third consecutive year.
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Jamie Dumas
Senior Marketing and Communications Manager, LCLD
If you have any news or honors that are relevant to LCLD Members, please email Jamie Dumas at jdumas@lcld.com.
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