The Diversity Conference participates in CLE and events at the Virginia State Bar Annual Meeting. Check out the most recent articles below:
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 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 4/30/2024 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 4/29/2024 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 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 12/16/2022 Diversity Conference Leaders Win Big Awards At VSB Annual Meeting.
Posted on 9/10/2021 It has been only 101 years since the 19th amendment was passed by Congress on June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920 granting women the right to vote.
Posted on 9/10/2021 The Diversity Conference also welcomes its new Board members, whose terms started at the end of the VSB Annual Meeting in June.
Posted on 9/10/2021 o date, 47 states and the District of Columbia recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday or ceremonial holiday and many businesses such as Target, Nike, and the National Football League have declared Juneteenth a holiday for their employees.
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.