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Posted on 5/1/2024 The chair of the Diversity Conference Board of Governors pursuant to Section 6.2 of its bylaws, announces the nominees for the Board of Governors.
Posted on 5/1/2024 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: The Diversity Conference needs you to help make this year's Annual Meeting a success for 15 Virginia law students/mentees!
Posted on 4/30/2024 The panel discussed issues with hiring, retaining, and promoting diverse individuals in law firm settings including providing best practices for corporate and law firm DEi programs.
Posted on 4/30/2024 The 2023 Forum opened with a discussion of how words and thoughts can turn clients away from you without you even knowing it. See the jury selection and employment implications of implicit bias.
Posted on 4/29/2024 Racial Reconciliation and Civil Rights -Ethical Duties - The Forum's final panel reviewed the ethical duties lawyers have in relation to civil rights cases including jury selection and employment considerations.
Posted on 4/29/2024 Merit, Admissions, and the Supreme Court: An Annual Meeting Discussion of What's to Come and What to Do - View the predictions and thoughts of the panel on the implications of Students for Fair Admission case, made weeks before the decision.
Posted on 12/16/2022 Diversity Conference Leaders Win Big Awards At VSB Annual Meeting.
Posted on 3/3/2022 Some questions and answers for our 2021-2022 chair.
Posted on 3/2/2022 We need volunteers (YOU!) for leadership roles on the Diversity Conference Board of Governors, including lawyers, honorary judicial members, and even lay (non-lawyer) members. Please consider volunteering.
Posted on 9/10/2021 The old notion of quaint visits in the office for mentoring no longer is the norm. COVID-19 transitioned many lawyers to working at home or even remotely. However, mentoring is not dead, it just looks different.