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The Cross-Cultural Lawyer
Law firms, law schools, corporations and others
are increasingly seeing the value of diversity in the
lawyers they hire or admit. Nevertheless, lawyers of
diverse backgrounds often face unique challenges
in their law practice, such as finding a path to
partnership and focusing on networking and business
development. This program will discuss the benefits
of diversity in the legal profession – both from the
employer and employee’s side. And the discussion
will leave you with a deeper understanding of the
broad range of diversity issues impacting today’s legal
profession and how to be an effective cross-cultural
lawyer. Networking strategies for lawyers of diverse
backgrounds will also be discussed.
February 4, 2016 • 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Reception immediately follows • Complimentary
Schiff Hardin
233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 6600, Chicago, IL 60606
1.5 IL MCLE Credit
Register at www.chicagobar.org/cle or
call 312-554-2056.
Panelists:
Shannon Bartlett
,
Director of Diversity Education &
Outreach at Northwestern University School of Law
Litza Mavrothalasitis
,
Assistant Corporation Counsel,
City of Chicago Law Department; Past President of
the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois
Sailesh Patel
,
Partner, Schiff Hardin; Past President of
the Indian American Bar Association
Moderator:
Kilby Cantwell Macfadden
,
Assistant Attorney
General, Office of the Attorney General of Illinois;
Officer of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
Save the Date - Complimentary!
Sponsored by the YLS and Schiff Hardin LLP in
conjunction with:
• Arab American Bar Association
• Asian American Bar Association
• Chinese American Bar Association
• Decalogue Society of Lawyers
• Filipino American Lawyers Association of Chicago
• Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois
• Indian American Bar Association
• Justinian Society of Lawyers
• Korean American Bar Association
• The Puerto Rican Bar Association
• Women’s Bar Association of Illinois