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.
Neurodiversity is the belief that neurological conditions like autism spectrum disorder should be recognized and respected instead of viewed as flaws or defects. Neurodiverse individuals are often left out of the employment market due to stigma or misperceptions about their abilities, resulting in an 85 percent unemployment rate among college graduates with autism spectrum disorder. How can an organization embrace neurodiversity and attract neurodiverse talent? In this campfire discussion, panelists will share their best practices for retooling hiring processes, making accommodations, and re-envisioning a post-COVID workplace.
This on-demand program is not eligible for CLE/CPD credit.
There are two competing forces at play in the hiring process: the legal requirement to make employment decisions that are not based on protected characteristics and the desire to ensure underrepresented groups are fully considered in the employment process. How can employers do the latter without violating the former? Join this session to review the legal landscape that employers promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) must navigate to ensure compliance with non-discrimination laws. Explore how employers can lawfully implement race and gender conscious measures that do not violate equal employment opportunity principles.
This panel features the following speakers:
Dawn Blume, Senior Counsel, People and Culture, BP America Inc.
Cara Crotty, Partner, Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP
This on-demand program is not eligible for CLE/CPD credit.
There are two competing forces at play in the hiring process: the legal requirement to make employment decisions that are not based on protected characteristics and the desire to ensure underrepresented groups are fully considered in the employment process. How can employers do the latter without violating the former? Join this session to review the legal landscape that employers promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) must navigate to ensure compliance with non-discrimination laws. Explore how employers can lawfully implement race and gender conscious measures that do not violate equal employment opportunity principles.
This panel features the following speakers:
Dawn Blume, Senior Counsel, People and Culture, BP America Inc.
Cara Crotty, Partner, Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP
This on-demand program is not eligible for CLE/CPD credit.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is an effort, but movements like #MeToo and Black Lives Matter can feel exclusive to the United States. Join this session to hear from an international group of employment lawyers on their companies' DEI and accessibility efforts and how to translate these kinds of movements into programs relevant to global employees. Learn about approaches that do or don't work internationally, examples of success stories, and how these efforts are coordinated with global compliance issues such as disability quotas and gender equity filings.
This on-demand program is not eligible for CLE/CPD credit.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is an effort, but movements like #MeToo and Black Lives Matter can feel exclusive to the United States. Join this session to hear from an international group of employment lawyers on their companies' DEI and accessibility efforts and how to translate these kinds of movements into programs relevant to global employees. Learn about approaches that do or don't work internationally, examples of success stories, and how these efforts are coordinated with global compliance issues such as disability quotas and gender equity filings.
This on-demand program is not eligible for CLE/CPD credit.
Jazz and The Blues are about a lot of things, including struggle, culture, bias, inclusion, change, and resilience. Each of those concepts are critical to understanding and combatting bias in the practice of law. Join the CLE Performer, Stuart Teicher, Esq., as he connects the world of jazz and the blues to diversity and inclusion in the legal world.
Jazz and The Blues are about a lot of things, including struggle, culture, bias, inclusion, change, and resilience. Each of those concepts are critical to understanding and combatting bias in the practice of law. Join the CLE Performer, Stuart Teicher, Esq., as he connects the world of jazz and the blues to diversity and inclusion in the legal world.
Diversity and inclusion programs do not always include people with disabilities, despite their unique perspectives and talent. This panel of experts will discuss some of these possible perspectives and how impactful they can be in developing valuable insights for the business strategy. Learn how to tap into this remarkable pool of individuals and how onboarding this talent can be uniquely advantageous to your company's business model.
Diversity and inclusion programs do not always include people with disabilities, despite their unique perspectives and talent. This panel of experts will discuss some of these possible perspectives and how impactful they can be in developing valuable insights for the business strategy. Learn how to tap into this remarkable pool of individuals and how onboarding this talent can be uniquely advantageous to your company's business model.
Chief Legal Officers (CLOs) are business leaders responsible for doing well by the company. A core strategy for CLOs to lead while doing good is to foster the development of corporate pro bono programs. This panel of in-house legal leaders will discuss how law departments are engaging in meaningful pro bono work, impacting solutions to access-to-justice challenges, and aligning pro bono with corporate initiatives like social impact and DEI programs