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| Registration: 7:15 - 7:45
Breakfast: 7:45 - 8:40
Awards Presentation: 8:45 - 9:10
Breakout Sessions: 9:15 - 10:15
Breakout Sessions: 10:30 - 11:30 Attendees choose 2 sessions: 9:15 & 10:30
All four sessions offered at each time $90 PER ATTENDEE (conference rate)
$50 PER ATTENDEE (breakfast only)
Corporate tables available upon request | | DENNIS WAYNE ARCHER
 Dennis W. Archer is chairman of Dickinson Wright, a Detroit-based law firm with more than 200 attorneys and offices in Michigan and Washington, D.C. He sits on the corporate boards of Johnson Controls Inc., Compuware Corporation, and Masco Corporation.
Archer served two four-year terms as mayor of the city of Detroit (1994-2001) and earned national and international respect for his success in changing Detroit's image and direction.
In 2000, Mayor Archer was named Public Official of the Year by Governing magazine. Archer served on the Board of Trustees of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and was president of the National League of Cities from 2000-2001. He received an Award of Excellence and was named 1998 Newsmaker of the Year by Engineering News-Record magazine, a sister publication of Business Week. He has been named one of the 100 Most Influential Black Americans by Ebony magazine; and one of the 100 Most Powerful Attorneys in the United States by the National Law Journal. Archer was named one of the 25 Most Dynamic Mayors in America by Newsweek magazine.
In 1985, Governor James Blanchard appointed Archer an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. He was elected to an eight-year term the following year. In his final year on the bench in 1990, Archer was named the most respected judge in Michigan by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
Archer has long been active in the organized bar. He was the first person of color elected president of the American Bar Association (2003-2004) as well as the State Bar of Michigan. He has also served as president of the Wolverine Bar Association and the National Bar Association. Archer is a Life Member of the Fellows of The American Bar Foundation and the National Bar Association, a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers, a Fellow of the College of Law Office Management and Life Member of the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference. |
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(1 CLE HOUR)
Chair: Jayne Miller, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc.
A panel of in-house lawyers will talk about the benefits of successful
diversity-related initiatives in the legal field, examine RFP's and
contracts with clauses aimed at broadening diversity, how to avoid claims of reverse discrimination, and why they're looking for diversity initiatives when hiring a law firm.
Panelists to include:
Priscilla Keith,
Health and Hospital Corporation
Marya M. Rose,
Cummins Inc.
Norman G. Tabler Jr.,
Clarian Health | | THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
(1 CLE HOUR)
Co-Chairs: Gregory S. Fehribach, Stark Doninger & Smith LLP
John Maley, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
A civil rights protection for a forgotten population. | | CHANGING THE SYSTEM: ENHANCING MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCE IN LAW FIRMS
(1 NLS HOUR)
Presented by: Jeff McKinney
The Angkor Group
Rachael Pontikes, Duane Morris LLP
Over the last few years, diversity issues have become part of the daily discussion in law firms. Firms are increasingly under pressure from clients, internal firm members, and the larger community to recruit, retain, and empower a diverse staff. This session will help law firms rethink and reframe the discussion around multicultural competence, a model based on a philosophy of abundance with a central focus on understanding all of the contributions and opportunities that are possible from everyone in the firm. Rachael Pontikes, Senior Associate of Duane Morris in Chicago, will discuss the challenges of the day-to-day implementation
of diversity initiatives.
| | M/WBE PARTICIPATION
PROGRAMS: ROADMAP AND CHALLENGES
(1 CLE HOUR)
Co-Chairs: Brenda S. Horn, Ice Miller LLP
Ruth Rivera, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun
A panel will provide an overview of the minority and women business enterprise certification process; compare and contrast the types of certification available; discuss the components of a participation plan, including enforcement options; and review recent challenges made to participation plans and pending ballot measures regarding participation plans. | | |
Click here for individual registration - Click here for printable registration PDF
For Corporate Table registration, please contact Patty Johns at 317-472-5319 or email pjohns@ibj.com
RSVP by: October 15, 2008
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