Moving Beyond Intent: DE&I in Action
Join us for our inaugural Michigan Legal Diversity Summit. The theme for the 2022 summit is Moving Beyond Intent: DE&I in Action. The summit will educate and provide attendees with best practices and facilitate a robust exchange of insights, concepts, and strategies on the legal profession’s key diversity, equity, and inclusion challenges and solutions.
Connect and engage with individuals who share a passion for professional development and the advancement of a more equitable and just society.
Attendees will experience impactful speakers, presented with insightfully themed sessions with applicable and practical information while providing greater opportunities to raise awareness to create a sustainable organizational culture to support diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace internally and beyond. For questions or comments, please contact Ivy Hunter at [email protected]
Cynthia D. Stephens
Judge
Michigan Court of Appeals (Retired)
Elizabeth M. Welch
Associate Justice
Michigan Supreme Court
Richard Bierschbach
Dean and John W. Reed Professor of Law
Wayne State University Law School
Kristina Bilowus
Assistant Director for Career Services
Michigan State University
Jerome Crawford
Chief Legal Officer
Pleasantrees Cannabis Company
Michelle P. Crockett
Chief Diversity Officer Deputy Executive Officer Principal
Miller Canfield
Syeda Davidson
Senior Staff Attorney
ACLU of Michigan
Judge Susan Dobrich
Consultant and Liaison
Michigan Supreme Court and State Court Administrative Office
Hon. Kameshia Gant
Judge
Oakland County Circuit Court
Thomas Grden
Clinical Case Manager
Lawyers and Judges Assistance Program, State Bar of Michigan
Linda Sheryl Greene
Dean and MSU Foundation Professor of Law
Michigan State University College of Law
James Heath
Chief Legal Counsel-Corporate Counsel
Wayne County
Noah P. Hood
Judge
Michigan Court of Appeals
Jelani Jefferson Exum
Dean and Philip J. McElroy Professor
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
Timothy Kenny
Chief Judge
Third Circuit Court
Ray Littleton
Equity Partner-Shareholder and Chair of the Diversity Committee
Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC
Mandice McAllister
Diversity, Equity + Inclusion Manager
Warner Norcross + Judd
Robyn McCoy
Attorney & Educator
McCoy & Associates, PLLC
James McGrath
President, Dean, and Professor of Law
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
James Rosenfeld
Shareholder
Butzel
Sangeeta Shah
CEO
Brooks Kushman
John Sier
Pro Bono Coordinator and Head of the Commercial and Construction Practice Group
Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & Sherbrook, PC
Lisa Timmons
Executive Director & ADR Clerk of the Court
Mediation Tribunal Association
Allen Venable
Managing Member
Venable Law, PLLC.
Zenell Brown
Executive Court Administrator
Third Circuit Court
Kaitlin Brown
Shareholder and Executive Committee Member
Maddin Hauser Roth & Heller P.C
Gregory Conyers
Director of Diversity
State Bar of Michigan
Darlene King
Executive Director
Michigan Diversity Council
Barbara Lister-Tait
Consultant
ListerTait Corporate Governance Services LLC
Agenda
| 9:00am-9:15am | Opening Session - Ángeles Valenciano, CEO, Texas Diversity Council |
| 9:15am-9:45am | Keynote Address |
| 9:45am-9:55am | Interim Break |
| 2:50pm-3:00pm | Closing Remarks - Darlene King, Executive Director, Michigan Diversity Council |
Sponsored By
BRONZE SPONSOR
- Designated as a Bronze Sponsor of the summit; this designation will be on the event webpage, all pre-event and event online and email promotional material, and printed event materials
- Professional photographs of event for organizational use
- Quarter-page ad in the printed event program
- 2 tickets to the summit
SILVER SPONSOR
- Designated as a Silver Sponsor of the summit; this designation will be on the event webpage, all pre-event and event online and email promotional material, and printed event materials
- Professional photographs of event for organizational use
- Half-page ad in the printed event program
- 4 tickets to the summit
GOLD SPONSOR
- Designated as an Gold Sponsor of the summit; this designation will be on the event webpage, all pre-event and event online and email promotional material, and printed event materials
- Gold Sponsor(s) will be included in recognition of 50% event proceeds donation to the Ohio Stem Learning Network
- Professional photographs of event for organizational use
- Full-page ad in the printed event program
- 8 tickets to the summit
PRESENTING SPONSOR
- Designated as Presenting Sponsor of the summit; this designation will be on the event webpage, all pre-event and event online and email promotional material, and printed event materials – limited to two co-title organizations
- Presenting Sponsor(s) will be included in recognition of 50% event proceeds donation to the Ohio Stem Learning Network
- Presenting Sponsor(s) will be listed on all nametags, table tents, and signage during the event
- Receive a formal plaque as Presenting Sponsor of the event
- An opportunity to have a representative from your organization provide remarks to open or close the event (10 minutes)
- Professional photographs of event for organizational use
- Two full-page ads in the printed event program
- 16 tickets to the summit