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12 Goal IX 1 (2006)

handle is hein.journals/goal12 and id is 1 raw text is: Diversity and Day-o: Reaching Beyond the Surfface M(P WrapUp _ Bellevue, Washto - A Student's Perspective of the Diversity Summit Chair's Kay H. Hodge Chair, ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession T ~~~~~~~~~~~~ t';ya ak h .!h riea o he Commiss~ It and :Igd t I ihaulme~ ntea \ AN Goat l\: IPreotie'g tie lul!l and equ~al pan :M- a io n in the legal proessin In etine ties. tia breel mandate. It was1 nid contiines o e rii diuth in t. 1The dversitV effo rts of the lie se inar pro- eiona1 rg m alienaii the wk ld, the BA, ire and e lii n: i. scope, After all, we a voluntary V ll ' ,P in. N et h had o es nse that iu pro , >:arni hu If trying to serve all racial and ethnic minority groups, in all practice settings, in all areas of the coun- try means that organizationally we're a little messy, so be it. Bar associations are by nature messy organiza- tions, run by volunteer lawyers who are usually busy and often over-extended. In the ultimate scheme of things, it doesn't matter. What's more important is that any lawyer who has an interest in diversity issues will find within Commission programs, projects, publica- tions and services something of relevance to his or her own particular concerns. Some urge us to set priori- ties, discarding activities that serve fewer numbers or smaller segments of the profession, and jettisoning continued on page 1 LCC Minority Outreach Program Connye Y. Harper Commissioner, ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession I 1997, the II (.1) Ca [er ' dinatin (It .,C ( ) - a intel:k of 1,700 unionise . n affiliated unions tnt in lega l de1paitrtits. The Minority Outreach Program reflects the AFL- CIO's continued commitment to increasing the pres- ence of minority attorneys in the labor movement. Through the program, qualified law students will be introduced to the practice of labor law and the labor movement community. The Program includes three parts. First is place- ment in a summer long position with participating law firms and legal departments during which the law stu- dents work with experienced attorneys on pending mat- ters ranging from litigation to arbitration to collective bargaining and negotiations. The second part of the program is a two day confer- ence conducted at the scenic AFL-CIO George Meany Center near Baltimore, Maryland. The conference includes workshops and lectures by experienced attor- neys concerning various areas of substantive labor law. continued on page 7

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