Dispatches from the Trenches: DEI in the US Legal Profession

This is an in-person program in London.  Program begins at 4:30 PM GMT.

Dispatches from the Trenches: DEI in the US Legal Profession -
Insights, Impact, and Responses for our British Friends and Allies

DEI. IDE. EDI

Regardless of the order of the letters, diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the US are under attack and, in a global legal profession, that carries ramifications for those committed to advancing these values outside US borders. Multinational law firms and corporate clients are deliberating whether to continue their efforts and, if they do, re-thinking what they will do; how, when, and where they will do it; and even how they will describe it. They are dealing with short-term considerations while assessing long-term ramifications. How are these upheavals affecting the American offices of global law firms and American lawyers in general? What’s being done? What’s changed and what hasn’t? And how might the British legal profession be helpful and supportive?

Join us for a discussion with lawyers in the trenches of DEI efforts in the American offices of global law firms as we report on what’s actually happening and the response.

Speakers

• Camilla Jagger (Co-Moderator) – COO, Murgitroyd
• Sharon E. Jones – CEO, Workforce Transformation Strategies and former Chief Inclusion Officer, Haynes and Boone LLP
• Bendita Cynthia Malakia – Head of Diversity and Engagement, O’Melveny & Myers LLP
• Patrick McCann (Co-Moderator) – CEO, City of London Law Society
• Robert (Bobby) Moore – Partner and Chair of North America Inclusion and Diversity Committee, Baker & McKenzie
• Nimesh M. Patel – Senior Advisor, IILP and former Chief Inclusion Officer, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
• Nikki Lewis Simon – Senior Vice President, Shareholder, and Chief Engagement, Culture & Opportunity Officer, Greenberg Traurig, LLP