A Journey Through the Pipeline: Identifying Challenges and Improving Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
Sponsored by
Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP
New Jersey Judiciary
New Jersey State Bar Association
Seton Hall University School of Law
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In Partnership with
Garden State Bar Association
Minorities in the Profession Section, NJSBA
New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association
New Jersey Women Lawyers Association
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March 15, 2012
1:45-7 p.m., Reception immediately following
Seton Hall Law School
4 CLEs (1 Ethics/Professionalism)
Free of charge
Register at: law.shu.edu/diversityCLE
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Program
1:15 p.m.
Registration – Law School Atrium
All guests will be directed to the Auditorium
2:00 p.m.
Welcome Dean Patrick E. Hobbs
Introductory Remarks Chief Justice Stuart Rabner
2:20 p.m.
The Challenges Begin: Primary and Secondary School Education
Shavar D. Jeffries, Associate Professor of Law, Seton Hall Law
Craig Livermore, Executive Director, NJ LEEP
Teresa Moore, Rutgers-Newark Institute on Education Law and Policy; Center for Urban and Public Service
Moderator: Alycia M. Guichard, Director and New Jersey State Bar, Fellow for the Street Law Program and Associate Director for the Minority Student Program, Rutgers University School of Law
3:20 p.m.
The Challenges Continue: College and Law School
Rachel Godsil, Eleanor Bontecou Professor of Law, Seton Hall Law
Vielka V. Holness, Director, the Pre Law Institute, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Janai S. Nelson, Associate Professor of Law and Associate Director of The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development, St. John's University School of Law
Moderator: Chrishana M. White ’13, Vice President, Black Law Students Association
4:20 p.m.
Break – Coffee, tea and snacks will be served, Third floor
4:40 p.m.
Recruiting and Retaining Minority Lawyers
Luis Diaz, Director, Intellectual Property, Gibbons, P.C.
Maja D. Hazell, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Fried Frank; President, Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals – (Invited)
Paulette Brown, Partner and Chief Diversity Officer, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, and Trustee, New Jersey State Bar Foundation
Moderator: Walter F. Timpone, Partner, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP
5:40 p.m.
Pathways to the Judiciary for Minority Lawyers
Judge Glenn A. Grant, Acting Administrative Director of New Jersey Courts
Michele Brown, Appointments Counsel, Office of the Governor of New Jersey
Judge Esther Salas, U.S. District Court, Newark – (Invited)
Moderator: James H. Coleman, Jr., Of Counsel, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C.
6:40 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Susan A. Feeney, President, New Jersey State Bar Association
CLE Sign-Out
7:00 p.m.
Reception (Newark Club)
Reception Address
Paula Dow, Former Attorney General, State of New Jersey; Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
7:00 p.m.
Speed Mentoring Breakout for Law Students - Newark Club
8:00 p.m.
Judicial Clerk Panel Discussion Breakout for Law Students – Seton Hall Law School
