Photo Gallery from Pipeline Diversity Conference
Rice University: Baker Institute |
Former U.S. Attorney General, Janet Reno and ABA's Former President Michael S. Greco |
Former President Greco giving his opening welcome speech to conference attendees. Sitting from left to right: Honorable Janet Reno and Evett L. Simmons, Chair, ABA Presidential Advisory Council on Diversity |
Diane L. Abraham, Of Counsel, Brayton Purcell, LLP moderating the "Real Stories: Looking Beyond the Numbers" panel. Sitting from left to right: Henry Ramsey, Retired Honorable Judge, Eric Brooks, Associate, Morrison & Foerster, Patricia Loera, Program Officer, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
Patricia Loera, Program Officer, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation presenting on the "Real Stories: Looking Beyond the Numbers" panel. Sitting Eric Brooks, Associate, Morrison Foerster |
Conference attendees stopping to have their picture taken. |
From left to right, Cassandra Sneed-Ogden, CLEO, Patricia Loera, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Blakey, CLEO / Principal, William A. Blakey & Associates |
Conference attendees collaborating at a breakout session. |
Conference attendees listening to plenary panel discussion |
Rice University student showing her expertise at piano playing at the President's reception held on Rice University's campus. |
Conference attendees networking at the President's reception |
Kent Lollis, Associate Executive Director & Assistant to the President for Minority Affairs, LSAC, giving summary key points from Breakout Session I |
Dr. Dawn Kum-Walks, CRESPAR, Capstone Institute at Howard University presenting at the Plenary Panel: Elements of Success. Sitting from left to right: Stella Manabe, Administrator Oregon State Bar Affirmative Action Program, Ed Apodaca, Vice Pres. For Student Srvcs and Enrollment Mgmt. at University of Houston-Downtown |
Conference attendees listening to information regarding pipeline issues |
Conference attendees listening to information regarding pipeline issues. |
Collaborating ideas from left to right: Professor James Beard, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Interim Dean James M. Douglas, Florida A&M University College of Law, Carl Cooper, Chief Diversity Officer, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP |
Discussion during a plenary panel |
Discussion during a breakout session |
Conference attendees engaging in discussion during a breakout session |
Conference attendees engaging in discussion during a breakout session |
Conference attendees at the Lunch & Plenary Panel: Real Stories II from left to right: Akira Shiroma, Dean of Admissions, American University, Ben-Jamin Kail, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, Maryam Ahranjani, Adjunct Prof. & Assoc. Dir. on Law and Gov. American University |
Conference attendees at the Lunch & Plenary Panel: Real Stories II |
Panel at Lunch & Plenary Panel from left to right: Eric Singleton and Joe Mendoza. |
Panel from luncheon left to right: Kevin Gooch, Associate, McKenna Long & Aldridge, Yaneris Rosa, Law Student, Harvard Law School, Eric Singleton, College Student, North Carolina A&T State University, Joe Mendoza, High School Student, High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice |
Conference attendees walking along Rice University's campus |
"Collaborating to Expand the Pipeline" sign |
Ginna Owens, Development Director, King County Bar Foundation presenting at the Plenary Panel: Collaboration: The Real Deal. Sitting from left to right: Dean Elizabeth R. Parker, University of the Pacific/McGeorge Law School, Roslyn Lieb, Just the Beginning Foundation |
Ginna Owens explaining the future of the law institute at the Plenary Panel: Collaboration: The Real Deal. |
Dean Elizabeth R. Parker speaking on a model for collaboration at the Plenary Panel: Collaboration: The Real Deal. |
Moderator: William A. Blakey, Principal, William A. Blakey & Associates, for the Plenary Panel: Collaboration: The Real Deal. |
Conference attendees at a plenary panel discussion. |
Conference attendees at a plenary panel discussion. |
Student volunteers at pipeline diversity conference on Rice University's campus. |
Bill Pritchard, American Bar Association, Office of the President |
Student volunteers at pipeline diversity conference on Rice University's campus. |
Collaboration during ice cream social at conference from left to right: Nyota Tucker, Albany State University, Lynell Cadray |
Conference attendees in line waiting to receive samples of Hank's Ice Cream at the ice cream social held on Rice University's campus. |
Networking between conference attendees at the ice cream social. |
Just a little sample of what conference attendees dressed their ice cream up with. |
Charles Calleros, Professor, Arizona State University College of Law |
Ruthe Ashley, Pacific McGeorge School of Law promoting Hank's Ice Cream |
Sitting from left to right: Judge Mary A. Terrell, DC Superior Court, Cassandra Sneed-Ogden, CLEO |
Joe Mendoza, luncheon panel speaker and his parents. |
American Bar Association employees from left to right: Lynette Kelley, Office of Diversity Initiatives, Gilda Fairley, Judicial Division, Cie Armstead, Office of Diversity Initiatives |
Presidential Advisory Council members from left to right: Evett L. Simmons, Chair, Kent Lollis, Member, Cie Armstead, Staff |
Student volunteer at table with the conference materials. |
ABA employee, Megan Potter, Office of the President, waiting to get her sample of Hank's Ice Cream |
Resource information at the conference. |
Discussion between conference attendees at a breakout session. |
Discussion between conference attendees at a breakout session. |
Conference attendees focusing on information being given out at one the plenary panel forums. |
Jacob Herring, Facilitator. |
Conference attendees. |
Student volunteers and Jacob Herring at conference. |
Karen Mathis, ABA President-Elect, Yaneris Rosa, Recipient of the Legal Opportunity Scholarship at the Dinner Dance held at the Marriot Medical Center. |
Networking at Dinner Dance from left to right: Karen Mathis, ABA President-Elect, Yaneris Rosa, Recipient of Legal Opportunity Scholarship, and Michael Greco, ABA President |
Posing for picture from left to right: Karen Mathis, Yaneris Rosa, and Michael Greco. |
From left to right: Evett L. Simmons, Chair, Presidential Advisory Council on Diversity in the Legal Profession, Karen Mathis, ABA President-Elect, Yaneris Rosa, Recipient of the Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund, Kay Hodge, Stoneman Chandler & Miller LLP. |
Conference attendees at Dinner Dance. |
Band performing at the Dinner Dance at the Marriott. |
From left to right: Carl Cooper, Chief Diversity Officer, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, Phil Shelton, President, Law School Admission Council, Michael Greco, ABA President. |
Posing for a picture at the Dinner Dance, Jacob Herring and Kay Hodge. |
Conference attendees dancing (working off the dinner) at the Dinner Dance held at the host hotel the Marriott. |
Band performing at Dinner Dance at the Marriott. |
Band performing at Dinner Dance at the Marriott. |
Sarah Hansen, ABA Meetings and Travel, dancing with Robert Stein, ABA Executive Director
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Conference attendees dancing at the Dinner Dance |
Ted Shaw, Director, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fun, speaking at the Closing Plenary: Back to Reality. |
Anne Yeakel, Executive Director, Texas Bar Foundation, speaking at the Plenary Panel: How to Fund Diversity Pipeline Initiatives. |
Stephen Maislin, President & Chief Executive Officer, Greater Houston Community, moderating the Plenary Panel: How to Fund Diversity Pipeline Initiatives. |
Sitting from left to right: Speakers, Esther Rodriguez, Education Consultant, Anne Yeakel, Executive Director, Texas Bar Foundation at the Plenary Panel: How to Fund Diversity Pipeline Initiatives. |

Sarah Hansen, ABA Meetings and Travel, dancing with Robert Stein, ABA Executive Director