Race and Boston Law: How Can We Fix Our Image and Our Reality?
Date: November 8, 2018
Time: 1:00PM - 5:00PM
Location: Mintz, One Financial Center, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA
Attorneys of color continue to be underrepresented in the legal profession. How can we grow the diversity pipeline within professional services — notably legal services? What is the role of our community, our law schools, and Corporate America in furthering diversity and inclusion?
Callie Crossley, host of WGBH's Under the Radar, will moderate this panel discussion, which will focus on answering the above questions and delve deeply into addressing how attorneys of color can be integrated into the legal community.
Panelists:
Derek Davis - Executive Director, Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
James Hackney - Dean and Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law
Yalonda Howze - Member, Mintz
Andrew Perlman - Dean and Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School
Robin Walker - Vice-President, Head of Legal, Casebia Therapeutics