10 Year Anniversary CLE Lecture Series
The State of Diversity in the Legal Profession

Time: 4:00 p.m.

The lecture will be held in the Thomas & Mack Moot Court Facility at the UNLV Boyd School of Law.

Sponsor: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

The panel will begin by discussing the diversity of the legal profession in Nevada today using various statistical and demographic data, followed by a broader discussion, including: 1) how a more diverse and more representative legal profession promotes access to justice, and how members of the legal community can help change the current state of affairs and promote equal protection under the law for all; 2) "The Business Case for Diversity" including the value of inclusiveness in legal practice; 3) "Best Practices for Hiring and Retaining Diverse Attorneys" including an overview of the programs implemented at MGM that have worked and failed and the lessons learned; and 4) the importance of diversity to in-house counsel as a client is selecting outside counsel.

Moderator: John Valery White, Dean and Professor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law

Panelists:

• Jennifer Carleton, Esq., Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck


• Justice Michael L. Douglas, Supreme Court of Nevada


• General Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada Attorney General


• Punam Mathur, Senior Vice President of Corporate Diversity and Community Affairs, MGM MIRAGE


• Bryan K. Scott, Esq., Chairman of the Diversity Committee of the State Bar of Nevada

*This lecture has been approved for two hours ethics CLE.

Registration: Click here to Register

Note: If you are also attending the Class of 2003 Reunion and Founders Celebration on October 17, please register here for the CLE lecture and reunion events.



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