Dear Friends,

I hope you are all well. Happy August! Last month, I celebrated my one year anniversary at the New York City Bar Association. The time has flown! It is a privilege to lead the City Bar’s initiatives to create a more inclusive legal profession through our pipeline programs, CLEs, educational programming, committees and internal policies. We have trained 64 associates in the Associate Leadership Institute; enriched the lives of over 40 college students and recently held a closing ceremony for 45 public high school students who participated in the Thurgood Marshall Summer Law Internship Program. As one high school student wrote to me last night, “I came in the first day not liking to speak to others or talk to my peers. This program has changed me and I am able to speak to others.” The work that we aspire to do at the City Bar changes individual lives and the legal profession for the better – and that is what inclusion should be in the end.

One of my favorite quotes is by Theodore Roosevelt, “Man in the Arena” (see quote below). At the end of my life’s journey, I hope to be “marred by dust and sweat and blood” for it would demonstrate that I spent my life fighting to help others climb.

See you next month!
“The Office for Diversity & Inclusion of the New York City Bar Association is proud to partner with CareerReadyNYC to provide younger New Yorkers access to competitive and life-changing career opportunities. Our Thurgood Marshall Summer Law Internship Program is a complementary conduit to engage New York City public high school students of color who are interested in the legal profession, and to build a legal workforce that represents all New Yorkers,”
–  Deborah Martin Owens, Executive Director, Office for Diversity & Inclusion,
New York City Bar Association
Thursday, September 5, 2019 | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Thursday, September 5, 2019 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Monday, September 9, 2019 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Tuesday, September 10, 2019, 8:30 AM – 2 : 30 PM
City Bar Member: $29 | Non-Member: $99 
Alumni of Sponsoring Law Schools: FREE 

Tuesday, September 10, 2019 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Program Fee:$5 Law Students | $10 Members | $25 Non-Members

September 18, 2019 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Live Program Fee: $229 Members | $279 Non-Members 
In-House Counsel Fee: Free for Members | $279 Non-Members 
The soon-to-be-established Task Force will discuss and deliberate on both domestic and international issues, including national security, those related to the U.S. Constitution and treaty obligations, and the question of norms versus laws. If you are interested in applying to join the Task Force, contact Stephen L. Kass , Chair.

Th e unifying issue for the two areas of practice is the value of property in the City. Currently, there is anticipation for the release of recommendations for property tax reform by the City’s Advisory Commission, which the City Bar will want to explore. If you would like to learn more, contact Reed Schneider , Chair.
September 12, 2019 | 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler

October 24, 2019 | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
Location: Live Broadcast from Washington, D.C. | Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, 40 Foley Square

November 16, 2019 | 12:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Brooklyn Historical Society
Fee: $110.50 - $130
September 25, 2019 –  September 27, 2019
Location: Chicago Downtown Marriott Magnificent Mile
New York City, and Albany

Westchester
Email your cover letter and resume to Victor Olds, First Deputy District Attorney.

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The IILP Social Impact Incubator is gathering anonymous data from a wide cross-section of attorneys regarding their experiences with diversity and inclusion programs, committees and other related activities in the profession. Contact Jenna Meyers with any questions.

In-house Diversity & Inclusion leaders work to advance equity in what is a relatively new field with unique challenges. This survey focuses on finding new insights and statistics regarding diversity and inclusion work around the world and the real challenges faced by in-house D&I leaders.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”  
–  Theodore Roosevelt
The Office for Diversity and Inclusion is a part of the City Bar Fund , the 501(c)(3) arm of the New York City Bar Association. Our EIN is 13-6003018.