In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action in higher education and the associated backlash against DEI initiatives across the nation, a troubling question keeps surfacing: Will the future of DEI be a repeat of the past? As the profession contemplates the impact that technology and the multigenerational workplaces will have on the practice of law, how will the quest to correct historical and systemic inequities rebound? Will age-old injustices simply replicate in new contexts, or is there an opportunity for real breakthrough?
Join us on January 25 for this year’s New Jersey State Bar Association Diversity Summit, a must-attend educational and networking event that will undertake a comprehensive examination of the future the legal profession and the law through the lens of equity, inclusion and accessibility. The daylong event includes breakfast, lunch and a post-event networking reception.
Young Lawyer Perspectives on Workplace DEI
Speakers:
- Rasmeet K. Chahil, Counsel, Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Katrina Homel, Associate Director of Legal Services and Member Rights, New Jersey Education Association; Chair, NJSBA Young Lawyers Division
- Jason Stump, Phillips and Associates
- Justin Perez, Co-President, Latin American Law Student Association, Seton Hall Law
Moderator:
- Christopher L. Jackson, Associate, Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney
DEI Futures: Doing the Work and Breaking Through
- J. Danielle Carr, Chief Officer of Inclusion, Lowenstein Sandler LLP; President, Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals
- Valerie Jackson, Diversity Officer & Legal Liaison, New Jersey Department of the Treasury
- James A. Lewis V, Chief Diversity Officer, Cole Schotz; President, Garden State Bar Association
- John L. Shahdanian II, Director, Trenk Isabel Siddiqi & Shahdanian
Conference Location: 1 Constitution Sq, New Brunswick, NJ and Online
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
*Disclaimer: This event is open to the public but requires a registration fee.
