Cultivating the Legacy Series: Career Development for Associates October 16, 2008

All Law Firm Associates are cordially invited to the inaugural launch of CMCP's new Retention initiative: the Cultivating the Legacy Series. This series will feature a program annually during CMCP's Annual Business Conference. Its mission is to provide an arena whereby diverse attorneys can delve thoroughly in and speak candidly about retention issues uniquely experienced by them in firms, corporations and other organizations, and develop solutions to cultivate their success and their legacy.





The California Minority Counsel Program

cordially invites you to its

Cultivating the Legacy Series:

Career Development for Associates



Thursday | October 16, 2008 | 11:30AM-1PM

Monterey Room

Hotel Nikko

222 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA



Lunch will be served



BUSINESS CASUAL





This year's workshop focuses on how to successfully navigate the challenges unique to diverse attorneys which may arise in a law firm environment. While associates know that excellent performance and substantive skills are uncompromisable, there are other lessons one must master to be successful. Using hypotheticals and fact patterns, participants will troubleshoot various scenarios, with the panel of experts will provide “insightful gems” gleaned from their experiences.



Panelists include:



Saidah Grayson, Senior Corporate Counsel, Employment Law, Cisco Systems, Inc.

John Ontiveros, Senior Associate, Jackson Lewis, LLP

Juan Walker, Gordon Rees, LLP

Leslie Yuan, Corporate Counsel: Employment and Litigation, VMware, Inc.

Tara Bedeau, Esq., Executive Director, California Minority Counsel Program







For more information, contact

415.477.2399 or cmcpconference@cmcp.org

Official Website: http://cmcpcultivatingthelegacy.eventbrite.com