BAR NONE: A Consortium of Women's Committees of New York Area Bar Associations presents

A Women of Color In Leadership Symposium entitled
"We've Come A Long Way, Baby! Or Have We?: Winning As Women Of Color"

Monday, March 15, 2010
TIME: 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
LOCATION: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom LLP
4 Times Square (42nd & B'way)
FREE ADMISSION - Seating is not guaranteed at this point. However, standing room is available

Attendees will earn a maximum of 3.5 CLE Credits in Areas of Professional Practice

* Keynote Panel - We've Come a Long Way, Baby!*

Sylvia Fung Chin, Partner, White & Case LLP
Michele Coleman Mayes, General Counsel, Allstate
Hon. Carol Robles-Roman, Deputy Mayor for Legal Affairs & Counsel to the Mayor of the City of New York
Deirdre Stanley, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Thomson Reuters

* Intermediate Panel - Or Have We?: Status of Women of Color in the Professions *

Paula T. Edgar, Executive Director, Practicing Attorneys for Law Students
Hon. Doris Ling-Cohan,  Justice, Supreme Court of the State of New York, Civil Branch
Laurie N. Robinson, Vice President & Asst. General Counsel, CBS Corporation; Founder & CEO, Corporate Counsel Women of Color

** Networking Break*

* Closing Panel - Winning as Women of Color: Strategies for Success*

Gary Horowitz, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Jane Hyun, President & Founder, Hyun & Associates, Author,
Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling:  Career Strategies for Asians

Paul McDonald, Senior Counsel, Kraft Foods

Maria D. Melendez, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Lai Sun Yee, Senior Advisor, Homeland Security for CNA

* Keynote Speaker*

Carla Harris, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Author, Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success from a Wall Street Vet

 

Sponsoring Bar Associations: Asian-American Bar Association of New York (AABANY), Brooklyn Women's Bar Association (BLVBA), Dominican Bar Association (DBA), Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA), Korean American Lawyers'Association of Greater New York (KALAGNY), Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA), The Bar Association of the City of New York(NYCBA), Nigerian Lawyers' Association (NLA), South Asian Bar Association of New York (SABANY), and Staten Island Women's Bar Association (SIWBA)

Contributing sponsors:  New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) and Puerto Rican Bar Association (PRBA)

Please contact Folake Ayoola at  FAyoola@stblaw.com for information regarding Sponsorships.

For questions regarding registration/waiting list/volunteers, please contact