ABA CENTER FOR RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY

Diversity Events at 2008 ABA Annual Meeting

Date	Time		Primary Sponsor	Program Title	Description
Date	Start	End	Primary Sponsor	Program Title	Description
Thursday, August 07, 2008	8:30am	5:15pm	ABA Commission on Women in the Profession	Day of Equality
Thursday, August 07, 2008	3:45pm	5:15pm	ABA Section of Litigation	Keep Elevating Your Game: Lawyers of Color Harnessing Power	Prominent General Counsels and Senior Partners of color will explore their pathways to power -- examining the challenges and obstacles they faced, and candidly discussing choices that were critical to achieving powerful, influential positions in the profession. Attendees will gain tools to develop effective strategies and tactics to elevate their careers.
Thursday, August 07, 2008	5:30pm	6:30pm	ABA Section of Litigation	Diversity Reception (networking)	Location: Jumeirah Essex House
Thursday, August 07, 2008	5:30pm	7:00pm	ABA Commission on Women in the Profession	Equalitea Reception/Rally (networking)	The Equalitea is a tea/rally/reception that concludes the Day of Equality by bringing together hundreds of people for celebration and inspiration. Location: Hilton New York, West Ballroom, 3rd floor
Friday, August 08, 2008	10:00am	12:00pm	ABA Presidential Advisory Council on Diversity in the Profession	Pipeline Diversity Roundtable: Plumbing the Diversity Pipeline to the Legal Profession
Saturday, August 09, 2008	8:30am	10:00am	ABA Section of International Law	Communicating Effectively with Clients, Colleagues and Co-Counsel Across Cultures	As globalization spreads, more and more US lawyers are dealing with clients, colleagues and co-counsel from other cultures. This program will share practice tips about how U.S. lawyers can effectively communicate with such clients, colleagues and co-counsel--and minimize cross cultural misunderstandings.
Saturday, August 09, 2008	8:30am	10:00am	ABA Section of State and Local Government Law	Modern American Election Law: Deconstructing Disenfranchisement	This program focuses on a brief history of the Voting Rights Act and three legal issues: Voter Protection on Election Day, Election Day Registration, and Lessons Learned from the 2000 and 2004 Elections, as related to Election Day.
Saturday, August 09, 2008	10:30am	12:00pm	ABA Judicial Division	Maze of Injustice: The Failure to Protect Indigenous Women from Sexual Violence in the USA
Saturday, August 09, 2008	1:00pm	2:30pm	ABA Commission on Women in the Profession	From Visible Invisibility to Visibly Successful: Success Strategies for Women of Color in Law Firms	Location: Waldorf Astoria Hotel, The Palm Room, 18th floor
Saturday, August 09, 2008	2:00pm	3:30pm	ABA Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice	Impact of Drugs on Communities of Color	Conclave with the leaders of color from the medical, dental, legal and other pertinent professions to discuss the impact of drugs and drug policies on communities of color.
Saturday, August 09, 2008	2:00pm	3:00pm	ABA Section of International Law	Stranger in Strange land: Cross-Cultural Issues in the Courts	What does “the rule of law” mean in today’s multi-cultural society? In a growing number of cases, immigrants are pleading “the cultural defense,” invoking the customs of their homelands to explain their actions. Even when it is not raised per se, culture plays a role in many cases - civil, as well as criminal. In this highly-interactive presentation, audience members will “vote” on the outcome of vignettes drawn from controversial, real-life cases presented by an inter-disciplinary panel of the nations leading cross- cultural experts.
Saturday, August 09, 2008	2:00pm	3:30pm	ABA Section of Litigation	The Fourteenth Amendment on Trial	This program will explore the history of the Fourteenth Amendment and examine its meaning today, i.e. what did the Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment intend with respect to the affirmative use of race to remedy the effects of discrimination and how should that guide our view resolving racial discrimination today.
Saturday, August 09, 2008	2:00pm	3:30pm	ABA Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities	Enforcing Immigrants' Rights in Detention
Sunday, August 10, 2008	11:30am	1:30pm	ABA Commission on Women in the Profession	18th Annual Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Awards Luncheon	The Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of women lawyers who have excelled in their field and have paved the way to success for other women lawyers. Location: Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers (Metropolitan Ballroom)
Monday, August 11, 2008	6:00pm	8:00pm	ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law	Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights	The award is presented to an individual who or an organization that has performed exemplary service in the area of disability rights. For 2008 the award will go to Lester T. Pritchard, a disability rights advocate from the state of Illinois.