5th Annual Hiring Partner Conference

Partner Byron McLain will moderate the keynote address, entitled “Diversity Recruiting Going Forward,” at the National Association of Legal Placement 5th annual Hiring Partner Conference, which will take place online on March 9 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Hiring partners, CTOs, and recruiting directors from nearly 50 leading law firms are expected to attend.

Please find below the full agenda. All times are ET.

Agenda

1:00 p.m.: Welcome

Howard Ellin, Foundation Chair and Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

1:05 p.m.: Law School Deans Panel:  What’s Working and Where Do We Go From Here?

Chris Guthrie, Vanderbilt Law School
Jennifer Mnookin, UCLA School of Law
Song Richardson, UC Irvine School of Law
Vincent Rougeau, Boston College Law School
Moderator:  Bryant Garth, UC Irvine School of Law

1:45 p.m.: Pre-Conference Survey Results

Fiona Trevelyan Hornblower, President and CEO, The NALP Foundation

2:00 p.m.: Post OCI Report:  Lessons Learned from the “New” Recruiting Normal

Jim Leipold, Executive Director, NALP
Beth Moeller, President, NALP

2:30 p.m.: NALP Foundation Research Highlights

Fiona Trevelyan Hornblower, President and CEO, The NALP Foundation
Jennifer Mandery, Senior Director of Research, The NALP Foundation

2:45 p.m.:  Keynote Address:  Diversity Recruiting Going Forward

Bryan Parker, CEO, Legal Innovators
Caren Ulrich Stacy, Founder & Chief Experimentation Officer, Diversity Lab
Moderator:  Byron McLain, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

3:45 p.m.: Networking Breakouts

4:15 p.m.: HPC Takeaways:  Looking Ahead to 2021-22

Moderator:  Skip Horne, VP for Engagement, The NALP Foundation

4:30 p.m.: Conference Wrap-Up