Thursday, March 7, 2024 3:30 PM - 7:05 PM (ET)
2-02 (Costantino)150 West 62nd StreetRoom 2-02 (Costantino)New York NY 10023
Fordham Law Women presents
Thursday, March 7, 2024
3:30 - 4:00 p.m. EST | check-in
4:00 - 7:05 p.m. EST | program
reception to follow
In-person and on Zoom
Fordham Law School
Costantino Room (Second Floor)
150 West 62nd Street
New York, NY 10023
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About the Program
Fordham Law Women is hosting its Sixth Annual Symposium on Thursday, March 7, 2024. The Symposium will feature three panels exploring legal and professional issues impacting women on the matters of advocacy and identity: the intersection of race and gender in DEI efforts following Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, the inextricable link between reproductive rights and trans* rights in collaboration with the Alliance for Trans Law Students, and the professional and ethical challenges of sizable social media followings for practicing attorneys. A catered reception will follow.
Agenda
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Check-in
4:00 – 4:10 p.m. | Opening Remarks
Tania Tetlow, President, Fordham University
4:15 – 5:05 p.m. | Panel 1: Creating and Sustaining Diverse Workplaces After Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard
(1.0 CLE)
Taleah Jennings, Litigation Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel
Dr. Arin Reeves, President and Principal, Nextions (virtual)
Dawn L. Smalls, Partner, Jenner & Block
Nichole Velasquez, Fellows Program Director, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
Moderator: Amanda McGinn, Counsel, Akin Gump
5:05 – 5:15 p.m. | Break
5:15 – 6:05 p.m. | Panel 2: Reproductive and Trans* Justice
Gillian Branstetter, Communications Strategist, ACLU
Gaby Larios, Staff Attorney, NYCLU
Karen Loewy, Senior Counsel & Director of Constitutional Law
Practice, Lambda Legal
Erin Reed, Activist, Journalist (virtual)
Moderator: Sudria Twyman, Reproductive Rights & Health Fellow, National Women's Law Center
6:05 – 6:15 p.m. | Break
6:15 – 7:05 p.m. | Panel 3: Content Creation in the Legal Profession
Rishika Jikaria, Law Clerk, Clifford Chance, @jikariasisters
Kameron Monet, Contract Attorney, LVLUP, @kameronmonet
Daria Rose, Associate, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, @dariarosereal
Moderator: Shermin Lakha, Founder and Managing Attorney, LVLUP Legal @shermin.lakha
7:05 - 8:00 p.m. | Reception
CLE credit for this program is pending in accordance with the requirements of the New York and New Jersey states CLE boards for a maximum of 3.0 transitional and non-transitional diversity and professional practice CLE credits.
