The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is the world's largest organization serving the professional and business interests of attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations, nonprofits and other private-sector organizations around the globe.
Join ACC's Northeast's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee and Verrill Dana LLP, during PRIDE Week for an interactive session on LGBTQ issues and best practices in the workplace.
Achieving a diverse and inclusive workplace is a marathon, not a sprint. During this virtual session, our panel will begin from the starting line, by helping you identify where your organization is along its journey, and explore best practices for incorporating inclusive policies and initiatives. Recognizing the bumps in the road, discussion will include how to facilitate difficult conversations and encourage constructive dialogue. You will leave the session with practical knowledge and resources to move your organization forward.
Register below to join us in this race. Dial-in info will be sent 24 hours prior to the event.
Wisconsin, like many states, has struggled to attract diverse business professionals to work in the state. The legal industry has experienced this struggle along with other Wisconsin-based businesses. Corporate general counsel in Wisconsin have launched an effort to examine this issue, partnering with a large Wisconsin university to collect and evaluate consistent, baseline data from their own legal departments and Milwaukee-based law firms, with a goal of using that information
as a starting point in a collaborative effort to make substantive change.
Our panel will discuss the efforts that have taken place to date and will examine ways that the ACC-Wisconsin members can engage in this effort, including by partnering with their own outside counsel. The ultimate goal is to create pathways for success that can attract and retain diverse legal professionals in rewarding careers in Wisconsin.
Over the last year, in the midst of a global pandemic, we have been confronted with the harsh reality of institutional and systemic racism in America. Join leaders from ACLU, AABANY and Yale for a discussion on the impact, and learn how our experts are working to dismantle racism and how legal departments are working to advance racial justice by creating awareness and adopting best practices to eliminate bias in their workplaces.
Topics to be discussed include:
• police brutality against Black/African American, Latino and transgender communities;
• bigotry, discrimination and violence against our Asian Pacific Islander communities; and
• access to social and economic justice;
• the inhumane treatment of families and children at our borders.
FREE for ACC NYC Members & In-House Counsel Non-Members (Must be in-house counsel to attend.)
ADVANCE REGISTRATION NOTICE- Please note that advance registration is required for ACC NYC Webinars. Unless otherwise noted, registration will end three hours prior to the event start time. This enables us to administrate best practices for our virtual events. Thank you for your cooperation!
As part of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, ACC and Holland & Knight welcome you to a roundtable discussion with three successful female API in-house lawyers who will discuss their experiences in-house, how they have used their role to disrupt API stereotypes, how they and their companies are tacking inclusion issues (including supporting API communities in response to the rise of anti-Asian violence), and how colleagues can be allies.
Join us on May 13, from 4-5:30 pm as Holland & Knight litigation partner and diversity chair Kristin Asai moderates a panel featuring Dinah Choi, Vice President of Legal – Americas, Dr. Martens, Monique Hawthorne, Senior Counsel, Airbnb, and Stefanie Shih, Senior Counsel, Lyft.
This online CLE is open to all in-house counsel regardless of membership in the ACC. Registration will be open soon.
ACC Ontario is co-sponsoring the Asian American Bar Association of New York's program on The Surge in Anti-Asian Violence: Corporate Social Responsibility and Action - April 9, 2:30pm to 4pm ET.
2020 saw a surge in anti-Asian violence. The Asian American Bar Association of New York ("AABANY") and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP report, “A Rising Tide of Hate and Violence Against Asian Americans in New York During COVID-19: Impact, Causes, Solutions” has been garnering widespread attention and acclaim. For a growing number of corporate employers, there is a keen desire to DO something. But what? What can or should corporate employers be doing to help stem and address anti-Asian violence and hate crimes? What could they be doing to support their Asian American and Pacific Islander employees? What do they need to understand about the difficulties of hate crimes prosecutions and the tensions between the valid concerns of those desiring aggressive prosecution, those who worry about further contributing to the prosecutions of people from other minority communities, and those who advocate for restorative justice? Please join AABANY and a coalition of bar associations for a discussion with corporate in-house leaders about corporate social responsibility and anti-Asian violence.
Please note that this is not an ACC Ontario program. This program is being hosted by the AABANY, so please be sure to RSVP by visiting the AABANY's event page, and to register as a Guest. Note that space is limited.
This program will be held on AABANY's Zoom platform and any information which you provide will be stored in accordance with AABANY's own policies.
ACC NCR GC Roundtable: Walking the Walk on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: A Conversation With Action-Oriented General Counsel
April 14, 2021
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM ET
On Zoom
Earlier this year, ACC NCR President Greg Watchman issued the Racial and Social Justice Challenge to every member, member company, and sponsor to join the fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workplaces and in our communities (see letter). Looking for ways to make an impact? Come join us for a spirited, free-flowing, and candid conversation with the following general counsel who will share a wealth of ideas:
Kimberly Chainey – Executive Vice President and Global General Counsel, Aptar
Shannon Thyme Klinger – Chief Legal Officer, Moderna, Inc. (eff. June 1, 2021, previously CLO of Novartis)
William Min – Executive Vice President and General Counsel, LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group
Ling-Ling Nie – General Counsel and Vice President for Compliance and Ethics, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
Dev Stahlkopf – Corporate Vice President and General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation
Each will share methods employed, successes achieved, and challenges faced in driving action and accountability within their own organizations, among their outside law firms, and in their communities.
ACC members, in-house counsel, ACC NCR annual relationship sponsors*, and select guests** are invited to join us for this special event, which will include time for networking in small-group breakout rooms.
Special Request: When the GC Roundtable is hosted in-person, guests pay a fee to attend. Since this year's event is online, there is no fee. We encourage all registrants to donate the typical fee of $35 or more to ACC NCR's fundraising campaign to support The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights. To do so, visit www.lawyerscommittee.org/accncr.
