PAR Fifth Annual Conference Information

The Project for Attorney Retention presents a Diversity & Flexibility Connection Conference

 

 

The Project for Attorney Retention
Annual Conference

Beyond “Part Time”:
Cultivating a Culture of Flexibility

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Crowell & Moring LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004

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  • Registration: 8:00 am
  • Registration includes continental breakfast and lunch.
  • Conference: 9:00 am — 5:00 pm

 

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

  • Firm chairs discuss women in power, the role of sponsorship and flexibility

  • General Counsel weigh in on the results of PAR’s new study of work/life balance in-house, “Still Better on Balance?”
  • An Open Conversation with General Counsel: Engaging the Client in Changing the Culture of Firms
  • Vernā Myers addresses how flexibility can help foster a culture of inclusion

 

REGISTRATION

PAR members receive two complimentary registrations.


Is your organization a member of PAR?

Before March 13
Additional PAR Member registrations: $229
Non-members: $249

In Person March 14
Additional PAR Member registrations: $249
Non-members: $279

 

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Paulette R. Dodson
SVP, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary
Sara Lee Corporation

Sven Erik Holmes
Vice Chairman, Legal,
Risk and Regulatory and
Chief Legal Officer
KPMG

Nancy Laben
SVP, Legal, and
General Counsel
AECOM

Joshua E. Petty
Senior Executive — Senior Director of Legal Services, North American Contracting
Accenture

Thomas L. Sager
SVP and General Counsel
DuPont

Kelley Sears
SVP and Deputy General Counsel
 Walmart

Genhi Givings Bailey
Director of Diversity & Inclusion
DLA Piper

Michelle M. Bufano
Director
Gibbons

Elizabeth A. Campbell
Partner and
Chief Diversity Officer
Andrews Kurth

Ellen Moran Dwyer
Managing Partner
Crowell & Moring

M. Carter DeLorme
Partner
Jones Day

Kent A. Gardiner
Chairman
Crowell & Moring

Rebecca Matthews
Director of Professional Development and Legal Recruiting
Seyfarth Shaw

Vernā Myers
Principal
Vernā Myers Consulting Group

Michael E. Nannes
Chair
Dickstein Shapiro

Ellen Ostrow
Founding Principal
Lawyers Life Coach

Tara L. Piurko
Partner
McCarthy Tétrault

Joan C. Williams
Distinguished Professor of Law;
 Co-Founder,
Project for Attorney Retention,
UC Hastings College of the Law

Benjamin F. Wilson
Principal
Beveridge & Diamond

 

 For more information, call 415-565-4640 or contact us.

At the conference, we will also be presenting our
2012 PAR Flex Success Award.
Nominations due February 2, 2012.

 

PLATINUM SPONSORS

Crowell & Moring LLP

DLA Piper LLP

 

GOLD SPONSORS

Dickstein Shapiro LLP

DuPont

Fenwick & West LLP

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP

Sidley Austin LLP

Walmart

 

SILVER SPONSORS

Beveridge & Diamond

Counsel on Call

Goodwin Procter LLP

Hogan Lovells LLP

Jones Day LLP

KPMG

SNR Denton LLP

 

 

Interested in sponsorship?
Benefits include additional conference registrations, acknowledgment on PAR’s web site and conference communications, program ad, and conference signage.

Contact Manar Morales, Executive Director, for more information.





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