Diversity and Inclusion

Many organizations want a quick fix to building a healthy culture and minimizing toxicity. This can be likened to trying to cure a patient by writing a prescription without first understanding the patient’s underlying health condition. However, long-term wellness requires more than just a magic pill. Organizations, and societies alike, must resist the impulse to seek immediate relief for the symptoms, and instead focus on the disease. Failure to do so will result not only in poor workplace cultures that are revolving doors for employees, but may also lead to exposure for organizations if left unchecked. Effective training involves exploring the impact of what we say and do as well as the perceived intent of what we say and do. In-house counsel are uniquely positioned to lead their business’ operations in this regard by building healthy cultures within their legal departments and modeling appropriate and effective relationships and modes of communication. 

Join the ACC Charlotte and Parker Poe attorneys with speakers from the L.I.F.E. Group for a session that will:

• Define Microaggressions, Microinsults, Microassaults, and Microinvalidations and illustrate how they can dilute relationship building opportunities, as well as contribute to exposure for underlying legal claims
• Discuss various personality traits we encounter in business as well as the triggers we must manage
• Identify healthy boundaries, professional levels of engagement, and how to promote yourself and your team without attacking others

Event Schedule:
3:45 Chat room opens
4:00 Presentation
5:00 Small Group Discussion
5:30 Discussion ends

***Please note that if you registered before 8/2 you will receive a bottle of wine to enjoy during this event!***

Thank you to Parker Poe for sponsoring this event!

You are Invited! Consilio Symposium 2022 Registration is now LIVE!

This year, we are bringing Consilio Symposium 2022 to you - our esteemed clients – on July 20 - 21!  With two full days of FREE content, this essential legal education event gathers the brightest legal leaders and trailblazers solving today's challenges while inspiring evolution for the future together.  From a judges panel on the latest laws & challenges impacting discovery to hearing practical guidance from Consilio clients & experts – bring your team to connect and engage with inspirational keynotes, educational talks, and lively optional in-person networking receptions in select cities.

We've curated a rich agenda of non-commercial content with plenty of opportunities to learn and connect with judges, lawyers, legal technologists, operations leaders, and entrepreneurs who – like you – are helping push the legal industry forward.

As an esteemed Consilio client, you get complimentary access to:

• Two days of premiere education panels / sessions, hands-on technology workshops, and opportunities to learn from leading legal innovators

• Opportunity for you and your team members to earn up to 5 hours of CLE credit (each) across our Legal Technology, Enterprise Solutions, Data, Diversity & Beyond tracks

• Networking opportunities with legal peers, leaders, and experts from all backgrounds and sectors – in select cities across the world

• Virtual wellness breaks, Ask the Experts poster sessions and an all-around good time

Please join members of the ACCSTL Diversity and Inclusion Committee and Social Justice Coalition in celebrating Juneteenth at the unveiling of the Freedom Suits Memorial this Monday, June 20 at 5:00pm on the East plaza of the Civil Courts Building on 11^th Street.

This memorial commemorates the work of hundreds of individuals who sued to obtain their freedom from slavery in the decades leading up to the Civil War. The memorial includes a visual depiction of these suits through a bronze sculpture created by Preston Jackson, African American artist and Professor Emeritus at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and will also display the names of plaintiffs of the suits.

Speakers will include Lt. General Russel L. Honore, Mayor Tishaura Jones, Lynne Jackson (the great-great granddaughter of noted freedom suits plaintiffs Dred and Harriet Scott), United States Representative Cori Bush, Missouri State Senator Steven Roberts, and St. Louis Circuit City Judge the Honorable David C. Mason, who developed the concept for this memorial.

All are welcome to attend. If you are interested in meeting with other ACC members while in attendance, please contact Vikas Sunkari (vikas.sunkari@ssmhealth.com), Diversity and Inclusion Committee Chair, or Lisa Savoy (Lisa.Savoy@experian.com), Social Justice Coalition Chair. 

Thank you!

Vikas Sunkari
2022 Diversity Committee Chairperson
SSM Healthcare 

Join your friends from Cozen O’Connor for a relaxing evening of great food and drink in a chic lounge and game room with arcade games and bowling!

Reconnect with colleagues in person for some fun!

AGENDA

6:00 - 9:00 PM / Social Event

MEETING & EVENT COVID PROTOCOLS:

Proof of vaccination is required (physical card/image of your card).

ACC CODE OF CONDUCT
By registering for this event, you agree to abide by the ACC Code of Conduct for Events outlined here: https://www.acc.com/about/code-of-conduct

PHOTOGRAPHY POLICY
Your registration and attendance at this event indicates your consent to be filmed and/ or photographed and to the use of your image, without payment of any kind, for use in program(s) and for other promotional/ editorial activities of the Association of Corporate Counsel - New York City Chapter (ACC-NYC) for future use in any and all media, now known or hereafter created.

FREE for ACC Members.

FOR FULL DETAILS AND TO REGISTER, PLEASE CLICK BELOW: 

ACC Alberta and Bennett Jones LLP invite you to join us for a luncheon at the Fairmont Hotel MacDonald, Tuesday, June 14.  This session will focus on the topic "Women on Boards." 

Our panel has extensive and diverse experience working with and on boards – we look forward to an open and earnest discussion on board participation from a female perspective, and insights on how to work effectively with boards.

• Elan MacDonald,Vice President, External Relations, University of Alberta. Board Work: Alberta Ballet, Atlas Growers, Edmonton Global, Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
• Tricia Waddell, General Counsel, Champion Petfoods. Board Work: University of Alberta, Faculty of Law, Association of Corporate Counsel, Alberta Chapter, Alumni Council Member-At-Large and Awards Committee Member, University of Alberta
• Laura Inglis, Partner, Labour and Employment, Bennett Jones. Board work: Alberta Jubilee Auditoria Society
• Alixe Cameron, Partner, Commercial Real Estate, Bennett Jones. Board Work: Alberta Paraplegic Foundation, the  Calgary Home Builders Foundation and several others

We so look forward to seeing you at ACC Alberta's first in-person luncheon in 2 years with the Edmonton In-house community! 

All genders are encouraged and welcome to attend - not just the female In-house community.