Please join the ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession for a variety of programs and activities during the 2008 ABA Annual Meeting in New York, August 7-10, 2008.

ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession
2008 ABA Annual Meeting – New York, NY
AT-A-GLANCE SCHEDULE

For more information about a specific CLE program, click on the title on the chart below

Thursday, August 7	Friday, August 8	Saturday, August 9	Sunday, August 10
--CLE PROGRAM-- 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. New York, New York – If You Can Make It Here, You Can Make It Anywhere: How to Succeed in the Bar Leadership Business Without Trying	--CLE PROGRAM-- 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Business Development and the Economics of Practice for Diverse Attorneys in Large Firms	--CLE PROGRAM-- 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. “Anything Goes”: What Corporate Clients and Their Lawyers Need to Know About Immigration Laws and Policies
	Noon - 1:30 p.m. Minority Bar Association Leaders Luncheon (Ticketed Event)	Noon - 1:30 p.m. Luncheon for State and Local Bar Association Diversity Committees (Ticketed Event)
--CLE PROGRAM— 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. “In the Heights” of the ABA – Finding Your Community and Home in the ABA: What Minority Lawyers Need to Know (and Why)	2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.   Commission Business Meeting	--CLE PROGRAM-- 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Being “Wicked”	2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.  Minority Caucus Meeting
--CLE PROGRAM-- 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Micro-inequities and Bullying: Cry-Baby Employees or Young Frankenstein Employers?		4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Tea for Two (or Three) Generations – Minority Women’s Afternoon Tea  (Ticketed Event)
5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.      Commissioners, Liaisons and Speakers Dinner (by invitation only)	5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. “A Catered Affair”: The Minority Lawyers Reception

 

For information about these and other programs and activities of the Commission during the ABA Annual Meeting, please contact Nicole Martinez at MartineN@staff.abanet.org or (312) 988-5643.

The Spirit of Excellence Awards was established by the ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession to celebrate the efforts and accomplishments of lawyers who work to promote a more racially and ethnically diverse legal profession. It is the highlight of the ABA Midyear Meeting. The 2009 Spirit of Excellence Awards will be presented on Saturday, February 14, 2009 in Boston, MA. Please consider nominating lawyers and judges whom you consider worthy of this honor. Nominations must be received by August 18, 2008.

2009 Spirit of Excellence Nomination Form
2009 Spirit of Excellence Nomination Form - Word Format