Diversity Outreach Committee to sponsor conference
June 15, 1999
The State Bar of Wisconsin's Diversity Outreach Committee will
sponsor a Diversity Counsel Demonstration Program at the Pfister Hotel
in Milwaukee on Wednesday, June 30. There is no charge to attend this
program.
The afternoon program will begin with registration at 12:15 p.m.,
followed by an official welcome from President-elect Gary Bakke, Norman
Bakke SC, at 12:45 p.m.
At 1:00 p.m. a panel discussion will focus on corporate diversity
initiatives with respect to legal services, attorney-client development,
and concerns related to the progression of the program. An information
exchange session is scheduled for 2:50 p.m. Dinner, with a keynote
address by the Honorable Charles N. Clevert, Jr., United States District
Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, will begin at 4:50 p.m.
The goal of this program is to increase opportunities for minority
and women lawyers within the legal profession by demonstrating services
to consumers of legal services and developing relationships with
majority-owned law firms.
The program also will provide a platform for addressing issues and
concerns pertaining to the barriers experienced by minority and women
lawyers in areas where they traditionally are not represented or are
rarely utilized.
Gerardo H. Gonzalez of Gonzalez, Saggio, Birdsall & Harlan,
L.L.P. chairs the Diversity Counsel Demonstration Program.
For more information or to register for the June 30th program,
contact Sara Micka at 414-277-8521 or Pat Morgan, State Bar of Wisconsin,
at 608-250-6107.
