DRI Schedules Diversity Seminar

DRI is presenting its Diversity for Success Seminar on Thursday, June 14 through Friday, June 15.

The program will take place at The Fairmont Chicago. The Thursday sessions will run from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Diversity Expo on Friday will run from 9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

This innovative second annual seminar for minority attorneys and law firm leaders is designed to improve marketing skills and increase the success of law firms and corporate law departments in recruiting and retaining minority and corporate law counsel.

Friday's Diversity Expo will provide a unique opportunity for selected minority lawyers and their law firms to interview with corporations committed to diversifying their national outside counsel panels. Interviews are limited and pre-selected. Links to the interview application and Diversity Expo corporations can be found at www.DRI.org.

The planning chairs are Pamela W. Carter, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC; Kevin E. Clark, Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC; Cheryl E. Diaz, Thompson & Knight LLP, and Chrys A. Martin, Bullivant Houser Bailey PC.

For information on registration fees, see the Bulletin Board on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel website at www.metrocorpcounsel.com.

For more information and to register for the Diversity Seminar, visit www.dri.org or call (312) 795-1101.