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Save the Date - Complimentary!

The Cross-Cultural Lawyer

Law firms, law schools, corporations and others are increasingly seeing the value of diversity in the lawyers they hire or admit. Nevertheless, lawyers of diverse backgrounds often face unique challenges in their law practice, such as finding a path to partnership and focusing on networking and business development. This program will discuss the benefits of diversity in the legal profession – both from the employer and employee’s side. And the discussion will leave you with a deeper understanding of the broad range of diversity issues impacting today’s legal profession and how to be an effective cross-cultural lawyer. Networking strategies for lawyers of diverse backgrounds will also be discussed. February 4, 2016 • 4:30-6:00 p.m. Reception immediately follows • Complimentary Schiff Hardin 233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 6600, Chicago, IL 60606 1.5 IL MCLE Credit Register at www.chicagobar.org/cle or call 312-554-2056.

Panelists: Shannon Bartlett , Director of Diversity Education & Outreach at Northwestern University School of Law Litza Mavrothalasitis , Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago Law Department; Past President of the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois Sailesh Patel , Partner, Schiff Hardin; Past President of the Indian American Bar Association Moderator: Kilby Cantwell Macfadden , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Illinois; Officer of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois • Arab American Bar Association • Asian American Bar Association • Chinese American Bar Association • Decalogue Society of Lawyers • Filipino American Lawyers Association of Chicago • Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois • Indian American Bar Association • Justinian Society of Lawyers Sponsored by the YLS and Schiff Hardin LLP in conjunction with:

• Korean American Bar Association • The Puerto Rican Bar Association • Women’s Bar Association of Illinois