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Implementing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Programs 2024


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  • Start Date:2024-08-30 09:00:00
  • End Date:2024-08-30 10:00:00
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  • Level:Basic
  • Topics:Ethics

$79.00 ProPass

This program is eligible for 1 hour of CLE ethics credit in 60-minute states. In 50-minute states, this program is eligible for 1.2 hours of CLE ethics credit. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules.

Overview

DEI is under legal attack in a wide variety of programs meant to provide access and opportunities for success for historically underrepresented communities. 

In June 2023, the Supreme Court effectively ended race-based affirmative action in higher education in the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) case. On the heels of that decision, workplace DEI efforts are now being questioned and challenged. 

Faced with a messy legal landscape, law firms and legal departments are treading cautiously. The big question coming from both internal and external channels: is it now necessary to modify diversity programs to provide protection against legal scrutiny?

Join an engaging panel discussion that will provide an overview and guidance on various challenges to DEI impacting:

  • Policies and practices in law firms and legal departments 
  • Policies and practices in advising clients affected by these issues

Co-sponsored with the PBA Large Law Firm and In-House Counsel Committees.

Faculty

Ade Galloway

Ade B. Galloway is Prometric’s Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs. A seasoned attorney, Mr. Galloway has been successful in implementing strategic business and legal initiatives, and providing practical and effective legal support that aligns to organizations’ business and financial objectives. As the company’s chief legal officer and Corporate Secretary, he oversees all legal matters of the company. Prior to joining Prometric, Mr. Galloway served as Vice President, Operations Counsel with Clear Channel Outdoor, where he led the strategic and day-to-day legal operations within the airports division, and the New York, NY and Washington, DC/Baltimore, MD outdoor advertising markets. Before joining Clear Channel Outdoor in 2014, Mr. Galloway was a Corporate Finance & Technology Associate at Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC in Philadelphia, PA where he engaged in the diverse mergers and acquisitions, securities, financing, and transactional practice. An active member in a variety of civic organizations, Mr. Galloway has served in various executive leadership positions within the Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia as well as being a former Board Member of the Senior Law Center located in Philadelphia. Mr. Galloway holds a Juris Doctor degree from Howard University School of Law and a bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance from East Carolina University.

Danielle Mundekis SHRM-CP

Danielle Mundekis relocated from her hometown of NYC to Pittsburgh in 2013. In addition to speaking, training and consulting for organizations across the northeast with regard to their culture of inclusion, Danielle is the Employee Relations & Inclusion Manager for Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott where she is responsible for the diversity, equity and inclusion programming and implementation across the firm’s nationwide offices. Danielle is the Director of Diversity & Inclusion for the Pennsylvania SHRM State Council and serves as co-chair of the committee for Diversity & Inclusion for the Allegheny County Bar Association.

Nipun J. Patel, Esq.

Nipun J. Patel is a partner and trial lawyer in Holland & Knight’s Philadelphia office who maintains a national practice focused on complex litigation matters. Mr. Patel represents businesses across a variety of industry sectors in commercial contract, business tort, data privacy, financial services,
employment, restrictive covenant and putative class action litigation. Mr. Patel’s experience as a first-chair trial lawyer includes multiple jury trials representing plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts, as well as in arbitration. Mr. Patel has also led and argued numerous appeals in state and federal court. He is a graduate of Temple University, Beasley School of Law,
J.D., cum laude; and Temple University, Fox School of Business and Management, B.B.A., Finance, Real Estate, Economics, magna cum laude. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and District of New Jersey, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Trent Hargrove, Esq.

Trent Hargrove has held positions in the public and private practice of law and served in some capacity for every Pennsylvania Governor and Attorney General between 1980 and 2010. He has practiced in the areas of utilities, real estate, administrative law, and civil rights. The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) named Trent as its chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer in January of 2014. He has an extensive background in DEI issues, processes, and development. He is responsible for overseeing and facilitating the PBA’s efforts to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion within the PBA and Pennsylvania’s legal profession. Trent served as the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s first Chief Diversity Officer where he was charged with the management of a major new initiative to evaluate the Commonwealth’s diversity programs and implement best practices. Trent worked in the Governor’s Office of General Counsel in several positions and multiple agencies including serving as Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania Department of General Services. In this capacity, he was the chief legal advisor to the Secretary of General Services and other Department personnel. Trent also worked as a Chief Deputy Attorney General for Civil Rights Enforcement in the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General and served on the United States Attorney General’s Hate Crimes Working Group for State and Local Law Enforcement Training. He assisted the Municipal Police Officers Education and Training Commission and conducted training for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Trent also chaired the Governor’ Alliance for Law Enforcement and Community Relations. Trent has also worked as in-house counsel and in a large firm environment where he concentrated in the areas of real estate, municipal and public land development and finance, administrative law, and retail leasing. Trent is a native of Harrisburg and attended Harrisburg public schools and the McDonogh School. He is a graduate of Bucknell University where he earned a Bachelor Arts degree and the Penn State Dickinson School of Law where he earned a Juris Doctor degree.


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