Race and the Law Symposium 2023 (Day 1)

The Black Law Students Association at Vermont Law and Graduate School invite you watch our annual Race and The Law Symposium! This symposium intertwined the tips and skills needed to secure employment post-grad and the factor race plays as a student of the law and as a practitioner. Race and The Law featured VLGS alumni and other Black professionals who shared their personalized experiences and how they paved the way for incoming lawyers to ensure they receive and ask for equitable opportunities.

 

(and don’t miss Day 2 of the VLGS Race and the Law Symposium, available here)

 

 

Schedule/Agenda

Friday, February 24

Welcome with BLSA Board Members: 5:20 to 5:30 p.m.

Panel One: 5:30 to 6:50 p.m.

Best Kept Secrets: Hiring Tips from Recruitment

• Chantal Raymond, CEO and Founder, Inclusive Legal Search LLC
• Melissa A. James, Esq., Recruiter, CrossdalePaul LLC
• Carol Crossdale, Partner at CrossdalePaul LLC
• Bobby Codjoe, Manager of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Milbank LLP
• Greg Whitt, SHRM-SCP, Legal Recruitment Manager at Earthjustice
• Marcus Williams, Legal Recruiter at the Petersan Group

Dinner will be provided: 7 to 8 p.m.

Short Closing Remarks with BLSA Board Member(s)

 

 

Saturday, February 25

(Day 2 – Saturday’s Schedule – posted here for convenience)

Breakfast will be provided: 9:45 a.m. to 10:15 am. 

Panel Two: 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Life After Law School

• Lateef Munir JD’20, Legislative Legal Analyst
• Frederick Randall II JD’21/LLM’21, Energy & Environmental Law Associate McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
• Ashli Taylor JD/MELP’21, Esq., Attorney at U.S. Air Force JAG Corps
• Melissa D. James JD’05, Esq.,  Associate at Wilson Elser LLP
• Greg Whitt, SHRM-SCP, Legal Recruitment Manager at Earthjustice
• Joshua D. Franklin, Esq. DAO, Blockchain & Securities Attorney, Barnes & Thornburg, LLP

Lunch will be provided: 12 to 1:15 p.m.

Panel Three: 1:15 to 2:15 p.m.

Professionalism 101

• Natasha Dartigue, Public Defender for the State of Maryland
• Torend L. Collins JD/MELP’09, Regional Intergovernmental and External Affairs Specialist for Appalachia, Department of Energy
• Elijah Freeman JD’22, Attorney at Hogan Lovells

Short Closing Remarks with BLSA Board Member(s)