Program Agenda
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2018
REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST |
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
WELCOME & OPENING PLENARY |
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Featuring: Stephanie Brensilver, General Counsel, Jet.com |
GENERAL COUNSEL PANEL |
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
This panel will feature top legal officers discussing how to excel in a corporate legal environment. The goal of this panel is to provide proven tools and techniques to allow in-house counsel to become leaders of a company's legal and executive teams. Susanna McDonald, Chief Legal Officer, Association of Corporate Counsel |
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS |
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM |
ADAPT OR BE LEFT BEHIND Cabrelle Abel, Senior Attorney, Microsoft PLAYING SHERLOCK: BEST PRACTICES FOR WORKPLACE INVESTIGATIONS Pamela E. Bethel, Vice President, Labor & Employment Counsel, USAA INTEGRATING THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT INTO THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESS: STRATEGIES TO GUIDE SENIOR EXECUTIVES THROUGH COMPLEX LITIGATION Nicole D. Bearce, VP, Chief Litigation Counsel, Spectrum Brands, Inc. |
LUNCHEON & GC KEYNOTE Featuring Lori Fink, Chief Legal Officer, Xandr |
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM |
NETWORKING BREAK |
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS |
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM |
WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK: DOING BUSINESS IN THE WORLD OF WHISTLEBLOWERS Sari Granat, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, IHS Markit AS CALIFORNIA GOES, SO GOES THE NATION: A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT OF 2018 AND THE FUTURE OF PRIVACY IN THE U.S. Jeanne Fugate, Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
Beth N. Newmark, Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, Bank of America
Sharon B. Bauman, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP |
COCKTAILS & CONVERSATION |
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Featuring: Arian June, Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Please join us for facilitated table discussions over hors d'oeuvres and wine. We hope you will use this opportunity to have candid conversations to cultivate new relationships, deepen existing relationships, and spark solutions to common challenges women lawyers face. Topics include: Equality and Diversity Management Issues Professional Development Personal and Professional Wellness |
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2018
BREAKFAST |
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
PLENARY SESSION |
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
PROJECTING CREDIBILITY AND CONFIDENCE FOR ATTORNEYS To succeed in today’s highly competitive legal field, being credible isn’t enough. You need to look the part. This seminar examines the power of the “subtextual” conversation – body language, vocal patterns, and mannerisms that can raise or lower one’s status in the workplace. Based on 20 years of research, SpeechSkills President and Founder, Cara Hale Alter, will outline explicit “codes of conduct” for projecting credibility in all your face-to-face interactions from networking, to inner office communication. In this seminar, you’ll learn how to cultivate personal gravitas, recognize/prevent the “tells” of nervousness and intimidation, strike a balance between authority and approachability, demonstrate composure under pressure, and avoid unintentional behaviors that may lower your status. |
NETWORKING BREAK |
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS |
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM |
#TIMESUP: STRIVING FOR EQUITY IN THE COURTROOM AND C-SUITE Patricia S. Cruz, Assistant Vice President - Senior Legal Counsel, AT&T
Ginger D. Anders, Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Sylvia F. James, Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Winston & Strawn LLP |
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE |
1:00 PM - 2:45 PM |
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BE FIERCE |
CLOSING RECEPTION |
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Before you depart for the evening, join us to unwind and debrief your favorite sessions. |